קִיּוּם, קִיּיוּם m. (קוּם) 1) preservation; storage. Peah I, 4 ומכניסו לק׳ and what one brings in for storage (not for immediate use); Y. ib. I, 16ᶜ top. Ib. bot. דבר שאינו לק׳ a thing which is not intended or fit for storage. Y. Sabb. VII, 9ᵃ top; Bab. Sabb. 68ᵃ. Ab. Zar. 74ᵇ זה מכניסו לק׳ וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. בק׳) the one (vessel) one brings in for storage (to leave the wine there for some time) &c., v. מוּכְנָס. Y. Kil. II, 27ᵈ bot. מקומו … שאינו רוצה בקִיּוּמוֹ the place where it grows is evidence that he does not want its preservation (to cultivate it). Yoma 45ᵃ אחת של ק׳ האש one pile for the purpose of keeping up the fire; Tosef. ib. III (II), 23 אחת לק׳ האש (ed. Zuck. לקיים, corr. acc.); Y. ib. IV, 41ᵈ bot. מערכת קִיּוּמֵי אש (pl.); a. e. —2) basis, foundation. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵃ (in Chald. dict.) אילין פליגין על דרב ולית להון ק׳ (not דבר) these opinions conflict with Rab’s, and have no foundation; Y. Ḥag. II, end, 78ᶜ —3) (law) substantiation, attestation, identification. Gitt. 3ᵃ ק׳ שטרות the identification of signatures on documents (certification before court). Y. ib. II, beg. 44ᵃ כלום קִיּוּמוֹ של גט וכ׳ is there any other way of authenticating a letter of divorce than through the declarations of its signers? Gen. R. s. 78 (ref. to Esau’s declaration, Gen. XXXIII, 9) אין ק׳ חגט וכ׳ there is no better attestation to the legality of a document than through its signers. B. Mets. 21ᵃ עדי ק׳ signature of witnesses to the authentication before court. B. Bath. X, 6 ועושין לו ק׳ איש וכ׳ and the court makes out a certificate, This man’s document was effaced &c.; Tosef. ib. XI, 8, sq.; Y. ib. X, 17ᶜ bot.; a. e.