סְקַרְתָּא, (v. סָקַר II) red paint. Gitt. 19ᵃ (expl. סיקרא) ס׳ שמה its name is s’ḳarta.—Esp. marking with siḳra. Bekh. 58ᵃ אי אפשר … משום ס׳ you cannot tithe sheep on the Holy Day on account of the required marking with paint; Ḥag. 8ᵃ. Naz. 39ᵃ תא שמע מס׳ וכ׳ come, learn it (that the hair grows from the root) from the mark on sheep, where you can see that the wool beneath is loose (while that on top is matted).