פְּחַת ch. same 1) to diminish. Pes. 114ᵃ פְּחוֹת ממיכלך וכ׳ diminish from (spend less for) thy eating and drinking, and add to thy dwelling.—Part. pass. פָּחִית. Targ. Ps. XIX, 3 (Var. ed. Lag. a. ed. פתית).—V. פְּחִית. —2) to become defective, be broken. Y. Dem. I, 22ᵃ פ׳ פתורא קומוי (prob. to be read: איפחת) the table before him broke down.
Ithpe. - אִיתְפְּחַת, אִיפְּחַת, , אִיפְּחִית 1) to become defective, be broken, damaged. Y. M. Kat. I, 80ᵇ bot., v. אֲיָירָא. Keth. 62ᵃ איפ׳ בי בנא וכ׳ the floor of the bath-house under him gave way. Ib. אִיפַּחֲתָא דרגא וכ׳ the ladder under him broke down; a. e. —2) to grow less. Yalk. Deut. 892 אי׳ ליה שנה מן שנה שנה עליו עידנא (not לה) his crop grew less from year to year; time changed for him (nature changed on his account); Tanḥ. R’eh 10 מי פחת וכ׳ (corr. acc.).