Jastrow: פָּנוּי

פָּנוּי, פְּנוּיָה f. (פָּנָה) 1) vacant, empty; free; superfluous. Erub. 16ᵇ ובלבד … בית סאתים פ׳ provided there is not an area of two S’ah unoccupied; expl. ib. 17ᵃ פ׳ מכלים unoccupied by travelling implements, contrad. to פ׳ מאדם superfluous as regards the number of travellers (to each of whom an area of two S’ah is assigned). Ex. R. s. 5; Tanḥ. Vaëra 6 שבטו … פ׳ היה מעבודת פרך the tribe of Levi was exempt from hard labor; ed. Bub. ib. 4; Yalk. Ex. 176 פְּנוּי וכ׳, v. לטרגיה. Sabb. 23ᵃ שלא יראה בעל הבית שעה פ׳ וכ׳ that the owner may not look out for a free moment (when there are no poor about), and say to his poor relative, here is the corner (פֵּאָה); Y. Peah IV, 18ᵇ קנויה (corr. acc.); a. e.—Pl. פְּנוּיִים, פְּנוּיִין; פְּנוּיוֹת. Tanḥ. l. c. בשביל שאתם פ׳ וכ׳ because you are idle, you say &c.; Ex. R. l. c. פְּנוּיִם; a. e. —2) síngle, unmarríed. Sifra Emor, Par. 1, ch. I הפ׳ הבא על הפ׳ שלא וכ׳ if an unmarried man has connection with an unmarried woman without the intention of thereby making her his wife; Yeb. 61ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Num. R. s. 3 (ref. to מעין חתום, Cant. IV, 12) אלו הפנויות this refers to the unmarried (men and women in Egypt). Tanḥ. Vayesheb 8 השתא הפ׳ שלכם אסורות לנו וכ׳ even the unmarried of your people are forbidden to us, how much more thou who art a man’s wife; a. fr.