נָתַךְ (b. h.; cmp. נתח, נתק) to cut, reduce, smelt. [Tosef. Shebi. III, 19 לתוך, יתוך Var. ed. Zuck., v. נָתַק.]
    Nif. - נִיתַּךְ to be smelted, reduced to slags. Zeb. XII, 6 נ׳ הבשר if the flesh in the fire is burned to hard lumps; ib. 106ᵃ, contrad. to נעשין אפר; v. חֲרוֹכָא.
    Hif. - הִתִּיךְ to smelt, cast, pour. Ex. R. s. 15 של כסף … הִתִּיכָן וכ׳ the idols of silver …, he caused to melt and be shapeless as before they were cast. Y. Sabb. X, 10ᵇ bot. המַתִּיךְ אבר he who casts lead (on the Sabbath). Naz. 50ᵇ והִתִּיכוֹ and he melted it (the fat); Tosef. Ohol. IV, 3 וחיתכו, וחתכו (corr. acc.); Y. Naz. VII, 56ᵇ bot. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 43ᵇ; ib. IV, 44ᵇ top המתיך כוס לע"ז he who casts a cup for an idol.—[Pesik. R. s. 31 מנתכי׳ אחוריה, read: מכופתים לאחוריהם; v. ed. Fr. note 49.]
    Hof. - הוּתָּךְ to be molten; to be reduced to slags. Meïl. II, 3 (9ᵃ) עד שיוּתַּךְ הבשר (Talm. ed. שיתיך, corr. acc.) until the flesh is charred in small lumps; Zeb. 35ᵇ; 104ᵇ.—Part. מוּתָּךְ. Sabb. 21ᵃ, a. fr. חלב מ׳ Ar. (ed. מְהוּתָּךְ, v. התך) molten fat.