קיטר

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קיטר

/ki.ˈteʁ/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From the Hebrew root ק־ט־ר (q-t-r), related to burning or smoking. See also Arabic قَطَرَ (qaṭara, “to drip, to distill”).

The sense "to complain" is borrowed from Yiddish קאָטערן (kotern, “to complain”), from Yiddish קאָטער (koter, “tomcat”), in reference to their wailing cries.

verb קִטֵּר · kitér · יְקַטֵּר · לְקַטֵּר · קיטור · קִטּוּר

construction pi'el to offer incense, (generally): to give sacrificial offerings וְהִשְׁבִּית אֶת־הַכְּמָרִים אֲשֶׁר נָתְנוּ מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה וַיְקַטֵּר בַּבָּמוֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה וּמְסִבֵּי יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְאֶת־הַמְקַטְּרִים לַבַּעַל לַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְלַיָּרֵחַ וְלַמַּזָּלוֹת וּלְכֹל צְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם׃
Similar: הִקְטִיר
colloquial, construction pi'el to complain לא מספיק לקטר ולנאום על תחלואי מערכת המשפט. אפשר וצריך גם לתקן!
construction pi'el, literary smoked a pipe
construction pi'el, slang let off steam, vented

In English

offer to present something as a gesture of worship
blow off steam to vent to relieve stress

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {קיטר},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}