שָׁקַץ (b. h.; v. קוּץ) to loathe.—Denom. שֶׁקֶץ.
Pi. - שִׁיקֵּץ to abominate, detest, make abominable. Macc. 16ᵇ, a. e. עובר משום לא תְשַׁקְּציּ transgresses the law, ‘ye shall not make yourselves abominable’ (Lev. XX, 25).—Part. pass. מְשׁוּקָּץ. Yeb. 63ᵇ שאין לך מש׳ ומתועב וכ׳ for none is more detested and abhorred before the Lord than he that walks naked &c. Cant. R. to I, 9 (ref. to Ps. CVI, 20) אין לך מנוול ומש׳ וכ׳ nothing is so repulsive and disgusting as a grass-eating ox; a. e.
Hithpa. - הִשְׁתַּקֵּץ to become loathsome, abominable. Pesik. R. s. 31 והיו מִשְׁתַּקְּצוֹת וכ׳, v. עָזַב.