מַלְקוּת, (לָקָה) the punishment of lashes. Macc. I, 3 שהוא חייב מ׳ ארבעים that he (has done something for which he) is subject to forty lashes. Y. Naz. IV, 53ᵃ bot. מ׳ תורה ארבעים וכ׳ the Biblical punishment consists of thirty-nine lashes; a. fr.—Pl. מַלְקִיּוֹת. Snh. 81ᵇ מ׳ של כריתות the punishment of lashes for offences punishable with extinction. Ber. 7ᵃ, v. מַרְדּוּת I; a. fr.