קטן

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קטןYalk. Sam. 124, ק׳ השמן, read: קִיתוֹן.

קֹטֶןv. קוֹטֶן.

קָטֹן, קָטַן(b. h.) to be short, small, inferior. Gen. R. s. 76 (expl. קטנתי, Gen. 32:11) איני כדאי … כדאי אני אכל קָטֹנְתִּי מכלוכ׳ I am not deserving (of any of the mercies); R. L. says, I am deserving, but I am too small for (unworthy of) all the mercies Hif. הִקְטִין 1) to make small; to subordinate. B. Bath.90b מַקְטִינֵי איפה those who make the Ephah (measure) small (Am. 8:5). Y.Sot.IX, 24b Samuel was surnamed ‘the small, לפי שהוא מַקְטִין את עצמו because he made himself small (bore himself humbly). Gen. R. s. 37 (play on יקטן, Gen. 10:25) מקטין את עסקיו made his affairs small (was contented with subordinate services); מקטין את עצמו ואת עסקיו subordinated himself and his affairs, v. צָעַר. Meg.11a, v. קַטְנוּת; a. e. 2) to grow smaller, be narrower. Lev. R. s. 31 מַקְטִינוֹת, v. רָחב; Pesik. Ḳumi, p. 145a>; ib.b> מקיטנות (corr. acc.). Hof. הוּקְטָן to shrink. Snh.81b) עד שיוּקְטָן, v. מַעְיָן. Nithpa. נִתְקַטֵּן to be reduced, become less. Tosef.Sot.XV, 5 Var. משמת … נִתְקַטְּנָה חסידותוכ׳ when Abba José ben Ḳiṭnith died, piety became rare in Israel; v. קִיטּוּנְתָּא.

קָטָן, קָטוֹןm., קְטַנָּה f. (b. h.; preced.) small, young; inferior. Y.Kil.IV, beg.29a. Ab. IV, 19, a. fr. שמואל הק׳ Samuel the junior; Y.Sot.IX, 24b, v. preced. Yeb.II, 8 הק׳ a younger brother. Gen. R. s. 37 ומה אם הק׳ שהוא מקטיןוכ׳ if an inferior person that is contented with a subordinate position (v. preced.) is thus rewarded, how much more a great man Gen. R. s. 93 קְטַנָּן של שבטים one of the youngest of the tribes; Yalk. ib. 152 (not קטנו); Yalk. Ps. 762; a. fr.Esp. minor, a boy under thirteen, a girl under twelve years. Gitt.65a שלש מדות בק׳וכ׳ there are three legal stages of a minor: when he throws away a pebble, v. צְרוֹר II; וכנגדן בק׳ מתקדשתוכ׳ and in the corresponding stage a girl may be betrothed subject to protest (מִיאוּן). Ib. II, 6 קבל הק׳ והגדיל if he received a letter of divorce (as a carrier) while he was a minor, and reached majority before delivery. Ber.47b; a. fr.Sot.22a (among those who are a ruin to the world) ק׳ שלא כלו לווכ׳ a child whose months are not complete (a prematurely born child), expl. ib. ‘a student who disregards his teacher, or ‘a student who constitutes himself a teacher before regular ordination.Pl. קְטַנִּים; קְטַנּוֹת. Tosef.Snh.XIII, 1 קטנים בני רשעי ארץ ed. Zuck. (Var. קְטַנֵּי) children of the wicked of the land that died in childhood; Snh.110b; Y.Shebi.IV, end, 35c ק׳ ישראל children of Israelites (that died); ק׳ גוים of gentiles. Keth.II, 3 ק׳ היינו we were minors (when we signed as witnesses). Ib. VII, 9 מומין הק׳ minor physical blemishes. Sot.48b ק׳ אמנה, v. אֲמָנָה Ib. 49b מק׳ חסידים of the youngest (last) of the pious men (v. next w.); a. fr.Euphem. קְטַנִּים (sub. נקבים) the minor functions of the body, urinating. Ber.23b; a. fr.