פחות

פָּחוּתm. (פָּחַת) (diminished, 1) a small quantity. Y.Dem.I, 21d bot. פְּחוּת מאכל (not מאוכל) a small quantity of food (corresp. to ib. I, 2 מעוטו). 2) (adj. a. adv.) lesser, less. Men.XI, 9 אין פ׳ משנים no less than two days (after being baked); ib. אין פ׳ מתשעה ולא יתרוכ׳ no less than nine days, nor more than eleven; Pes.47a לא פ׳ ולא יותר no less (than nine), nor more (than eleven). Meg.21b אין משיירין בפרשה פ׳וכ׳ in distributing the readings of a Scriptural portion we must leave for the last reader no less than three verses; a. v. fr.Fem. פְּחוּתָה. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.XI, 1 ערבה שהיא פ׳וכ׳ a kneading trough which contains less than ; a. fr.Pl. פְּחוּתוֹת. Keth.I, 2 פ׳ מבנות שלשוכ׳ when they were less than three years and one day old; a. fr. 3) inferior. Tanḥ. Trum. 7 נחשת כנגד … שהיא פ׳ מכולם ‘copper (Ex. 25:3) corresponding to the Greek (Syrian) empire, which was the meanest of all of them; a. fr.