פְּגַר

פְּגַרII (b. h. Pi.) to be lax, faint (cmp. פּוּג). Pa. פַּגֵּר 1) to relax, take vacation, be idle. Sabb.129b יומא דמְפַגְּרֵי ביה רבנן a day on which the teachers took a hotiday. 2) to cause to relax. Keth.103b ור׳ סבר לא אֲפַגְּרֵיה and Rabbi thought, I will not cause him to relax (in his charitable work, by appointing him a member of the college; or ‘I will not wear him out, overburden him). Ithpa. אִיפַּגֵּר to take vacation, absent ones self. Ib. 111b אי׳ … ולא אתא he (the teacher) took a three days vacation and did not come (to school). Ib. אמאי אִיפַּגְּרַת why did you absent yourself? Af. אַפְגַּר to be indifferent, neglectful. Gen. R. s. 94 מאי טעמא א׳ מר why have you become indifferent (towards me)?