קַרְפִּיף, enclosure, esp. an enclosed space outside of a settlement, for storage of wood &c. Erub. II, 3 לא אמרו … לגנה ולק׳ they limited the area to two S’ahs only for a garden and a storehouse. Ib. 5 הגינה והק׳ שהן וכ׳ a garden or a ḳarpif of seventy (cubits) and a fraction by seventy and a fraction, surrounded by a fence ten handbreadths high &c. Bets. IV, 2 מביאין … ומן הק׳ וכ׳ you may bring in (on the Holy Day for immediate use) wood from the field, taking from what is piled up, and from the k. even from what lies around scattered; איזהו ק׳ כל וכ׳ what is understood by k.? An enclosed space near the town. B. Bath. 24ᵇ ק׳ … שהוקף לדירה a ḳ.… which has been enclosed for living purposes; a. fr.
קַרְפִּיף, an area (of seventy square cubits) outside of a town, added to the city limits for the purposes of Sabbath distances. Erub. V, 2 נותנין ק׳ לעיר for measuring Sabbath limits we allow a ḳ. to each town; וחכמים … ק׳ אלא בין וכ׳ but the scholars say, a ḳ. as an extension to city limits is allowed only in the case of two neighboring towns; אם יש לזו … עושה ק׳ לשתיהן להיותן כאחת (Y. ed. קִרְפּוּף) if there is a space of seventy cubits for one and an equal space for the other, this forms a ḳ. for both, so that they may be considered as one town. Ib. 57ᵃ מאי ק׳ תורת ק׳ by ḳ. the scholars mean the application of the law of ḳ. (as an extension to the town); a. fr.—Pl. קַרְפִּיפוֹת. Ib. IX, 1 אחד גגות … ק׳ רשות וכ׳ joint roofs, courts, and enclosures are each considered as one area (for Sabbath movements). Ib. 89ᵃ; a. fr.
