A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/פחת - פטיט
of פחות) to become less, be damaged. Succ. 18b דופן ה׳ אמצעי if the middle wall (of a Succah) became reduced (fell in, v. supra); a. e.
פחת ch. same, 1) to diminish. Pes. 114a ממיכלך פחות וכ׳ diminish from (spend less for) thy eating and drink- ing, and add to thy dwelling. - Part. pass. פחית. Targ. Ps. XIX, 3 (Var. ed. Lag. a. ed. פתית). - V. פחית. --- 2) to become defective, be broken. Y. Dem. I, 22a קומוי פתורא פ׳ (prob. to be read; איפחת) the table before him broke down. tthpe. איתפחת, איפחת, איפחית 1) to become defective, be broken, damaged. Y. M. Kat. I, 80b bot., v. איירא. Keth. 62a וכ׳ בנא בי איפ׳ the floor of the bath-house under him gave way. Ib. וכ׳ דרגא תא איפ the ladder under him broke down; a. e. - 2) to gromw tess. Yalk. Deut. 892 אי׳ עידנא עליו שנה שנה מן שנה ליה (not לה) his crop grew less from year to year; time changed for him (nature changed on his account); Tanh. R'eh 10 וכ׳ פחת מי (corr. acc.).
פחת c. (b. h.; preced. wds.) 1) cavity, pit. - Pl. פחתים, פחתין. Sot. 21a וכ׳ הפ׳ ומן הקוצין מן מתיירא is afraid of the thorns, the pits and the thistles (on the road); a. e. -- 2) defective spot, breach. Bets. IV, 3 הפ׳ ממקום נוטל he may take out the fruits where they burst through the partition. - 3) broken vessel, fragment. -- Pl. as ab. Tosef.. Kel. B. Kam. VII, 15 הפ׳ שולי the sides of fragments of vessels (v. ןaמת). - 4) diminution, depreciation, loss. Y. Ter, IV, 42d bot. שוין והתוספת הפ׳ שאין for the reduction and the addition are not of like proportions, i. e. the difference between 4ו and s ( is not the same as that between VVo and V6a (v. פחת Pi.). B. Kam. 10b נבלה לפ׳ for the eventual depreciation of the carcass during the time intervening between the accident and the decision of the court. Ib. היא תנאי נבלה פ׳ there is a difference of opinion among Tannaim as regards the liability for the depreciation of the carcass. Y. ib. I, 2b bot. ישלם פהתה he must indemnify the owner for its depreciation, i e. he must pay the difference between the value of the liiving and that of the dead animal. Esth. R. to III, 8 שהן עולם של בממונו פ׳ מכניסין they (through their idleness) cause a diminution of the wealth of the world; a. e.
פחת, פחתא I ch. same, 1) cavity, pit. Targ. Jer. XVIII, 20;22(ed. Lag. a. oth. פחית). -Pפחתיב. Targ. ..Lev. XIV,37 ed. Berl. (oth. ed. פחתן; h. text שקערורת). - 2) depreciation, decrease,loss. B. Mets. 70a מפ׳ ושקיל אגרא שקיל he charged a compensation for the use of the vessel, and an indemnity for the loss (by wear and tear). Ib. פ׳ ואי פ׳ לא אגרא אי אגרא לא ifyou take payment for the use of the vessel, you must not charge for wear and tear &c. Y. Ned. IX, end, 41c בה פחתה תהא let a decrease come over it (may his wealth be reduced). Koh. R. to XI, 9 לפפ איזיל go to ruin -- 3) (trnsf.) degraded person. Gen. R. s. 36(ref. to Gen. IX, 18 כנען אבי) דפ׳ אבוי tthe father of the degraded. Ib. s. 99 (ref. to Gen. XLIX, 5)דפוכ אחים brothers' of the degraded (Dinah, with ref. to Gen. XXXIV, 25) . . ., but no brothers to Joseph.
פחתא II f. breath, v. פוהא I.
פתתה, v. פחתא I.
פחתי m. pl. (v. פחה) noblemen. Sabb. 3b; Ber. 13b, a. fr. פ בר (R. Hiya addressing Rab) son of great ancestors (Var. in Ar. פאתי; Y. Bets, IV, 62c פיתה בן).
פחתיי testicles, v. פחדין.
פטא, פ׳ בר pr. n. Bar Patta, name of a family. Y. M. Kat. III, 81d bot.
פטגריטוס, v. פודגרוס.
פטדה m. (b. h.) pitdah, name of a jewel in the high priest's breast-plate. Ex. R. s. 38, end. Num. R. s. 2.
פטוטרות f. pl. (=פטרטר׳; v. פטר) stems of figs. Ab. Zar. I, 5 (13b) ופטוטרותיהן שוח בנות (Y. ed. בפ׳; Bab. ed. ופטוטרות, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 300) white figs on their stems; ib. 14a.
פטולייא, v. פטליא.
פטום, פטומא, v. sub פיט׳.
פטומא, v. פיטמא I.
פפומת c. פטומת, v. פיטומת.
פטור, פטורה, v. פטר.
פטור m. (פטר) discharge, exemption, opp. היייב. Sabb. 2b, v. חיוב. Y. Peah II, beg. 16d פיאה בפ . .. דמר ומה and what R. Johanan said was meant in reference to being exempt from Peah. Y. Hall. III, 59a, v. חיוב. Cant. R. to IV, 4 לחיוב פ׳ בין between exemption and conviction; a. fr.
פטורא ch. same. - Pl. פטורי. Sabb. 2b; Shebu. 5a ו׳ חיובי the cases of conviction and those of exemption (from punishment); a. e.
פטורה פטורי, פטורין, פטטא, v. sub פיט׳.
לטטאf. (פטט a) to break; b) cmp. מלל, to talk; v. פטפט) talkative, fippant. Lev. R. s. 32 (play on שלמית, Lev. XXIV, 11) וכ׳ לך שלם בשלמא פ׳ דהוות she was fippant (pert) in greeting men, 'peace to thee, peace to you; Yalk. ib. 657 טפטהe.
פטטה f. h. same, gossip. -Pl. פטטות. Deut. R. s. 6 (v. דברנית).
פטטרכא, פטטרכה m. (=פטרטר, with formative כ) [the discharger,] rectum. Lev. R. s. 3 לברא ומפ׳ and from the rectum it is discharged; Koh. R. to VII, 19 ומפטרוכא לעזקתא, v. עזקא II; Yalk. ib. 976 פיטרכא.
פטי, Pa. פטי (cmp. פצע, פטר) 1) to break, burst. Targ. Y. II Gen. XLIX, 22 פטית(Y. Iתברת). - 2) to relieve. Sabb. 140b וכ׳ ליה דמפטיא when itt will relieve him (from buying a new shirt) for a whole year (v. Rashi a. l.; Ms. O, כי דממטיא היכי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50).