פַּתְיָא II c. 1) Part. f. of פְּתֵי. —2) a wide earthen vessel, pot. Gitt. 69ᵇ פ׳ דמוניני (masc.) a pot containing fish-brine. Ab. Zar. 16ᵇ; Ber. 50ᵃ; Pes. 88ᵃ; Meg. 14ᵇ פ׳ אוּכְמָא thou black pot! (i.e. scholar with an unattractive appearance; cmp. Taan. 7ᵃ, quot. s. v. פָּאַר).—Pl. פַּתְוָותָא. Ab. Zar. 33ᵇ פ׳ דבי מיכסי (Ar. ed. Koh. פַּתְיָאתָא, oth. ed. פתיותא, read: פַּתְיָי׳) pots of Be Mikhsé. —3) open place, street. B. Bath. 8ᵃ, v. כַּרְיָא I; (Rashi refers to פ׳ 2 drinking vessel at the well). —4) enlargement. Targ. Ps. CXVIII, 5, v. פּוּתְיָא.