קַתָּא, B. Mets. 82ᵃ; Shebu. 43ᵇ ההיא דאוזפיה … ק׳ דמגלא וכ׳ if one lends to his neighbor a thousand Zuz, and the latter leaves as a pledge the handle of a saw; אבד ק׳ וכ׳ if the handle is lost, the loan is lost. Ib. אבל ק׳ ונסכא but if he deposits a handle and a silver bar. B. Mets. 103ᵃ מהדר ליה קַתֵּיה he returns to him the handle (of the broken mattock). Snh. 27ᵇ top, v. בּוּרְטְיָא; a. e.—Pl. קַתַּיָּא, קַתָּתָא, קַתָּתֵי. Pes. 30ᵇ קַתַּיְיהוּ בטינא וכ׳ cover the helves of the knives with clay &c. Bets. 33ᵇ; Yoma 37ᵇ, v. נַרְגָּא. Shebu. l. c. קתתי Ms. M. (ed. קִתָּאתֵי).