Jastrow: סִכְּתָא

סִכְּתָא, סִי׳ f. (v. סִכָּא), (corresp. to h. יָתֵד) 1) thorn, peg, nail (of the tent). Targ. Jud. IV, 21, sq.; a. e.—Gitt. 32ᵃ אפי׳ ס׳ וכ׳ even the peg in the wooden partition becomes loose (from the heat). Snh. 112ᵃ תלי בס׳ Ms. M. (ed. סיבטא) it hangs on a peg; Arakh. 7ᵇ. Erub. 53ᵃ ואנן כי ס׳ וכ׳ for us (the labor of impressing traditions on our memory is) like driving a peg into the wall. Ab. Zar. 38ᵃ דשדי ס׳ לאתונא who threw a tent pin (or a coulter, v. infra) in the stove (to let it dry); Sabb. 74ᵇ.—Y. Dem. I, 22ᵃ בס׳ איתעריית she remained hanging on a projecting peg (in the well). Yalk. Ex. 386, v. סִירְתָּא; a. e.—Pl. m. סִיכֵּי, סִכֵּי (from סִיכָּא). Sabb. 67ᵃ top ז׳ ס׳ וכ׳ seven pegs from seven bridges, v. גִּשְׁרָא. B. Bath. 69ᵃ דנקיטי בס׳ when the door frames are fastened with pegs (easily removable); a. e.—Yeb. 80ᵇ ס׳ דיקנא הוה ליה he had single prickly hairs in his beard. —2) a sort of spade. Targ. O. Deut. XXIII, 14 (ed. Amst. סִיכְתָא; Y. סִיכָּא (not סִיכָא). —3) = סִכָּא דפדן, coulter. Targ. I Sam. XIII, 20 סִיכַּת, constr. (not סִיכַת).—Lam. R. introd., end תקף ידיה אסִיכְּתֵיה he pressed his hand on his coulter.—Pl. סִכָּתָא, סִיכָּ׳; constr. סִיכַּת. Targ. I Sam. XIII, 21.