agreeably to our opinion or to yours? (Ms. M. . . . כותיך
כיתין); ib. 142b. Y. Ber. I, 3a top כיותיה עובדא עבד acted
in accordance with his own opinion; a. fr.
כות, כותה pr. n. pl. Cuth, Cuthah, a Babylonian town whence Assyrian colonists were introduced into Samaria. (v. Schr. Krr, p. 278). Targ. II Kings XVII, 24; 30. [Targ. Is. XXXIV, 9 דכות somme ed. (ed. Lag. דרומי; miss- ing in ed. Vil.)--an inserted gloss, v. Lag. Prophetae I, p. XXXe.)- V. כותי.
.I כותיv. ,כותא
כותא, v. כותחא.
כותא f. owl, v. באות.
כותאה, v. כותיי.
כותב m. (כתב) 1) writing, writer, v. כתב. - 2) the pointed end of the writing instrument (stilus), contrad. to מוחק the flat end for erasing. Kel. XIII, 2; Tosef. ib. B. Mets. III, 4; Y. Sabb. VIII, 11b bot.
כותבן m. (v. preced.) writer, calligrapher. - Pl. כותבנים. Y. Meg. I, 71d bot. אומנים כ׳ professional writers of Bib- lical books.
כותבת f. (cmp. קשבא) date of a certain species, kothe- beth, used as a measure of size ככ׳ (cmp. זית). Yoma. VIII, 2. Bets. I, 1 בככ׳ חמן the standard for leavened bread (on Passover, as for being guilty of a transgression) is the size of a kothebeth (less than an olive); a. fr. -- Pl. כותבות. Succ. II, 5 (26b) כ׳ שתי Ms. M. (ed. שני) two dates.
כותה, v. כות.
כותח m. (Pers. katah, v. Perl. Et. St. p. 80, note; Fl. to Levy Talm. Dict. II, p. 459b) a preserve consisting of sour mik, bread-crusts and salt. Pes. III, 1 הבבלי כ׳ the Babylonian k., described ib. 42a, v. אומא a. נסיובי.
כותח, כותחא ch. same. Keth. 60b; Erub. 62b אפי׳ וכ׳ בכ׳ ביעתא even as plain a case as the question about an egg that fell into k., a student must not decide in the presence of his teacher. Kerith. 6a כיפי דרמי מכ׳ than a k. which is hard enough to break rocks; Hor. 12a (Ms. M. כמכא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). Erub. 65a כ׳ לי קריב (Ar. כותא) hand me the k. Sabb. 145b דבבלאי מכ׳ רייק (Ar. מכותא) spat out when thinking of the k. of the Babylonians.
כותי I pr. n. pl. (v. כות) Kuthi, a Babylonian town. B. Bath. 91a Abraham was imprisoned בכ׳וכ׳ שלש(v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note, a. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v. כרדו) three years in Kuthi &c.; Pirke d'R. El. ch. XXVI כותא.
כותי II m. (כות) Cuthean, a member of the sect of Sa- maritans. [In editions published under censorial influ- ences our w. frequently takes the place of גוי, עכו״ם, מין &c., a. vice versa.] Hull. 3b. Tosef. Ab. Zar. III, 5 (distinction between כ׳ a. גוי). Ib. 13a. Y. Keth. III, beg. 27a; a. fr. -- Pl. כותים, כותיים, כותין. Y. Yeb. VII, 8b bot. Hull. 3b Sot. 33b כ׳ ספרי the books of the Samaritans, v. זוף I; Snh. 90b צדוקים ed. (Ms. M. כ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); a. fr. -- Pem. כותית. Keth. III, 1. Tosef. Oh. XVIII, 6; a. fr. - Pl. כותיות. Nidd. IV, 2; Tosef. ib. V, 2; a. e.
כותיי, כותייא, כותאה ch. =h. כותי II. Y. M. Kat. III, 83b. Y. Taan. IV, 68d bot.; a. e. -- Pl. כותייא,כותאי. Y. Ab. Zar. V, 44c. Hull. 6a; a. fr.
כותירין (?) pr. n. pl. K'vathirin, Targ. Y. Deut. IV, 43 (h. text בצר).
כותל, (כותל) m. (b. h. כתל; כתל to press together, cmp. כתת) [something solid, cmp. אטום, אוטם,] wall. Gen. R. s. 68 (ref. to Gen. XXVIII, 11 'he struck') כמין . . . נעשה וכ׳ כ׳ the whole world was before him blocked as by a. wall. Ohol. VI, 3 לאויר שהוא כ׳ a wall which faces the air (which is continued above the roofing, or faces the court yard). Ib. הבית את המשמש כ׳ a wall made for form- ing an enclosure, contrad. to ib. 6 הכ׳ את המשמש בית a. wall formed by digging two cavities next to each other. B. Bath. I, 1; a. fr. - Pl. כותלים, כותלין, כתל׳. Y. Shek. IV, 48a bot. כתלין (Bab. ed. כתלים, Ms. M. כותל). Gen. R. s. 18, beg. זהב של כ׳ golden partitions (of Adam's tent). B. Mets. 59b וכ׳ בה״מ כותלי let the walls of the school house de- cide. Nidd. 3a הרחם בית כותלי the enclosures of the womb; a. fr.
כותלא, כתלא ch. same. Targ. I Sam. XX, 25. Targ. II Kings IV, 10; a. fr. - Sabb. 80b. Y. Kil. I, 27a top; a. e. - [Ber. 58b כתלא נפל Ar., ed. בתלא, v. תלא.) -- Pl. כותלין, כותליא, כותלי, כת׳. [Esra V, 8 כתל׳.] Targ. Lev. XIV, 37; a. fr. -- Yoma 28b כ׳ משחרי מכי from the time the walls throw a shadow (in the afternoon); a. fr. -.דחזירי כותלי (כת׳) bacon (cmp. אטמא). Hull. 17a כת׳ (Ar. כות׳). Meg. 13a Ms. M. a. Rashi (ed. קדלי).
כותנאי, Y. Peah I, 16a, read; בותנאי, v. בותניי. [Com- ment. כותנאי dealers in linen, v. כיתן.]
כותניאס, כותנייס, כות׳, v. בותניאס.
כותניין, Y. Maas. Sh. IV, beg. 54d, read; בותניין.
כותנייס, v. כותניאס.
כותרא, v. כתרא.
כותרן, v. כותרתא.
כותרת f. (b. h. כת׳; כתר) crown, capital. Tanh. B'har 1 וכ׳ ובסיס מלמעלן כ׳ a capital above and a pedestal be- neath; Yalk. Cant. 990; (Cant. R. to V, 15 קיפלורוסים).
כותרתא ch. same. Targ. Ez. XLI, 18, sq. (h. text תמרה). - Pl. כותרן, כותרתא. Ib. 20. Ib. XL, 16; 22 (ed. Vil. sing.); a. e.
כותש m. (כתש) a vessel for olives, v. כופש. [כותש שער, v. כתש]
כזב (b. h.; cmp. כזז) [to shrink, cmp. כחש,] to fail, dry uptt(ofwatercourses);to be false, to ie; to flatter. Tosef. Par. qc