קָטַם I (cmp. גדם) to cut, chop, lop. Shebi. II, 4 וקוֹטְמִין אותן and trim them; [oth. opin., v. קָטַם II]. Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵇ bot. הקוֹטְמָהּ he that clips it (the wing-feather); Tosef. ib. IX (X), 20; Bab. Sabb. 74ᵇ הקוֹטְמוֹ. Bets. 33ᵇ לא יִקְטְמֶנּוּ … ואם קְטָמוֹ וכ׳ one must not nip it in order to smell at it, but if one did &c.; a. fr.—Part. pass. קָטוּם; f. קְטוּמָה; pl. קְטוּמִים &c. Succ. III, 4 שנים ק׳ ואחד אינו ק׳ if two (of the three myrtle sprigs) are broken on the top, and one is not. Y. ib. 53ᶜ bot. ק׳ הדר even if the point is broken off, it may still be called hadar (beautiful); ib.ᵈ top ק׳ הדור; a. e.
Pi. - קִיטֵּם same. Tosef. B. Kam. II, 1, v. קִרְטֵם
Nif. - נִקְטָם to be lopped, nipped. Succ. III, 1 נ׳ ראשו if its top is broken off; ib. 2; 3; a. e.