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פחת (a/o) vb. to diminish, break (→ פחיתה , פחת ; SA פעת Ham 508:200+, MH פחת Moreshet, Lex 275+) Pe. 1. to diminish: והוא פחת מן אגרא he deducts from the profit MQ 81b(15); ib. 16; פרנון דידה xמהו מיפחות מפרא is it permitted to deduct from her extra marriage money? Ket 30b(38); ובלחוד דלא יפחות ליה מן ארגרון דיליה provided that he does not give him less than his siliqua Pea 21a(10); מי פחית לה שנה מן שנה by his diminishing it from year to year PRK 162:10; לית אנא פחית מתמניא דינ׳ I will not lower (the price) below eight dinars EchR 51:8; דילמא דו פחית מנהון perhaps he will diminish (the number of people he is asking) of them KohR 26a(6) [// שביק ציבחר[! BREd 1184:4]; part.pass. לא הוה פחית מעשר [שנין he wasn't less than ten years old SanG 24b(49); ib. 50[!]; 51[!]; כל נון ٠٠٠ פח{ו}<י>ת מן ליטרא any fish less than a pound Ned 39d(2); ולא דפחיתה מינה not less than it BR 509:2; 2. to break: part.pass. חד פת פחית a broken piece of bread EchRB 129:2; ערשא פחיתא a broken bed EchR 47:26; ib. 24Itpe. to be broken: איפחת פתורא the table broke DemV 22a(34); איירא דציפורין איתפתחת במועדא the cauldron of Sepphoris broke during the intermediate days of the holiday MQ 80b(50); ib. 48; 52
