פָּתַת I, (b. h.) to break, crumble. Men. III, 2 … לא פ׳ … או שפְּתָתָן וכ׳ if he omitted to break the meal offering to pieces, … or he broke them (the large pieces) into many small pieces, v. פַּת. Ib. VI, 4 (75ᵇ) וכולן פּוֹתְתָן Bab. ed., v. פָּתִית. Num. R. s. 7 ואוכלין פכסמין ופוֹתְתִין בתוך וכ׳ (not ופותין) and we ate biscuits and broke them into the soup; a. fr.