קַלְקָלָה f. (קִלְקֵל) 1) degradation, disgrace. Ab. IV, 18 אל … בשעת קַלְקָלָתוֹ do not strive to see thy neighbor at the moment of his disgrace. Hor. III, 7 (13ᵃ) בזמן ששניהם עומדים לק׳ (Bab. ed. בק׳) when both (a man and a woman) are exposed to disgrace (prostitution, v. קָלוֹן). Gen. R. s. 20 בק׳ מתחילים וכ׳ in degradation (punishment) the beginning is made with the lowest, opp. גדולה elevation; Sifra Sh’mini, Milluim; Ber. 61ᵃ Ms. M. (ed. בקללה); Taan. 15ᵇ; a. fr. —2) corruption, degeneration, sin, mischief. Tanḥ. B’shall. 12, v. קִילְקוּל. Snh. 102ᵇ הוא היה תחלה לק׳ he (Jeroboam) initiated corruption (idolatry). B. Bath. 109ᵇ תולין את הק׳ במקולקל every corruption is fastened to the corrupt (is named after him who started it). Ber. 60ᵃ ואל … דבר ק׳ ועון that no mischief or sin may occur through me; a. fr.