קַרְקַף, (= קפקפ׳, קפף; cmp. קוֹרְקְבָן) [round,] skull, head. B. Bath. 121ᵇ bot. לשבטים … לקרקף גברי וכ׳ (Ms. M. לקרקפא דג׳) was the land divided by tribes (each tribe getting an equal share) or by the heads of men? Sabb. 67ᵃ (in an incantation) אקרקף דארי וכ׳ Ar. (ed. אקרקפי, read: אקַרְקְפֵיה) on the head of a lion, and on the nostrils &c. B. Bath. 55ᵃ אקרקף וכ׳ (Ar. אקרקפא; Rashb. אקרקפתא), v. כַּרְגָּא; a. e.—Fem. form קַרְקַפְתָּא. R. Hash. 17ᵃ ק׳ דלא מנח תפלין (Tosaf. מנחא) the head (of him) that puts no T’fillin on. B. Bath. l. c., v. supra.