פְּרַת I ch. same
Pa. - פָּרֵית 1) to divide, dismember (of the basilisk whose look is believed to cause a person’s limbs to fall apart, v. עֶכֶס, a. Gen. R. s. 10, a. e., quot. s. v. נָשַׁל; cmp. יַפְרִישׁ Prov. XXIII, 32). Targ. Is. XIV, 29 מְפָרֵית (some ed. מַפְרִית Af.; Var. ed. Lag. מפריד; ed. Wil. מפריח; h. text פעופף). Ib. LIX, 5 מְפָרְתִין ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. מפרחין).—[Targ. Prov. XXIII, 32 דפריח, ed. Lag. פאריח, prob. to be read: דפָרֵית, Part. Pe.; h. text יפריש, v. supra.] —2) to belittle, make light of. Lam. R. to II, 10 הוון חמשא … ומְפָרְתִין ליה בנבוכדנצר וכ׳ (read: ביה; Ar. ופרטין) five kings were sitting and sneering at Nebuchadnezzar in the presence of Zedekiah; אף הוא מְפָרְתֵיה לנב׳ וכ׳ (Ar. פרטיה, Var. פדרת, corr. acc.) he, likewise, sneered &c.
Ithpe. - אִיפְּרַת to be broken off, separated. Bets. 2ᵃ אוכלא דאִפְּרַת היא the egg is considered as a broken-off piece of food (part of the hen, not as an independent creation). Pes. 85ᵃ כמאן דמִפַּרְתֵי דמי they are to be considered as if they were separated; Ḥull. 73ᵃ