דַּקְתָּא, (דּוּק) stalks of flax beaten once (still hard and knotty), contrad. to דַּקְדַּקְתָּא thoroughly beaten, tow. Ḥull. 51ᵇ ד׳ חיישינן וכ׳ if a bird falls upon dakta, we must apprehend internal injury, if on daktakta, we need not. B. Bath. 26ᵃ top הוה אזלא ד׳ וכ׳ Ms. M. a. oth. (ed. ר׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 2) pieces of stalks flew off and injured people.