פָּרַךְ 1) to split, divide off. Denom. (cmp. מְחִיצָה) פָּרוֹכֶת. —2) to split (grist &c.); to crush, rub, grind. Ber. 37ᵇ פּוֹרְכָן, v. infra. Ex. R. s. 31 באחרונה אדם פּוֹרְכוֹ בידו וכ׳ at last (when silver has been worked over several times) one may crumble it in one’s hand, and it is no longer fit for any work. B. Mets. 89ᵇ יִפְרוֹךְ Ms. R., v. infra; a. e.—Part. pass. פָּרוּךְ; pl. פְּרוּכִים, פְּרוּכִין. Midr. Till. to Ps. CXVIII, 10-13 (ref. to אמילם ib., v. מָלַל) והמה פ׳ and they were (shall be) crushed.
Pi. - פֵּרֵךְ, פֵּי׳ 1) to split, demolish. Yalk. Gen. 39, v. פָּכַר. —2) to crush, grind; to crack; to husk. Men. 75ᵇ מְפָרְכָן עד וכ׳ (Ber. 37ᵇ פּוֹרְכָן) he crushes them until he has reduced them to the fineness of the flour of which they had been made. Bets. 12ᵇ מְפָרְכִין קטניות וכ׳ you may husk peas on the Holy Day. Sabb. 53ᵇ סכין ומפרכין לאדם וכ׳ Ar. a. early eds. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 70; ed. a. Mss. מפרכסין, v. פִּרְכֵּס I) you may oint a sore and scrape the scab off for a human being (on the Sabbath), but not for a beast; a. e.—[Ib. 155ᵇ מפרכין תבן, v. פְּרַךְ II.]
Hif. - הִפְרִיךְ same, to smash, crack &c. B. Mets. 89ᵇ לא יַפְרִיךְ … מַפְרִיךְ וכ׳ (Ms. R. יִפְרוֹךְ) the laborer must not smash fruits against a rock and eat them, but he may smash them one by one (with his hand) and eat; a. e.—[Yalk. Gen. 130 מפריכין, read: מפרינין, v. פָּרַן.]
Nif. - נִפְרָךְ to be crumbled; to be cracked; to be scraped, peeled. Bekh. 37ᵇ יבישה כדי שתהא נִפְרֶכֶת a sore is called dry, when it can be scraped. Ḥull. 46ᵇ כדי שתִּיפָּרֵךְ וכ׳ that it can be scraped off with the nail. Ber. 25ᵃ כל זמן שזורקה ואינה נפרכת when he throws it down, and it is not crumbled. Pesik. R. s. 11 שנִיפְרָךְ, v. פֶּרֶךְ; a. e.