פְּגִימָה f. (פָּגם) [incision, cavity,] 1) notch. Ḥull. 17ᵇ ושאין בה אלא פ׳ אחת but a knife which has only one notch (v. אָגַר II); Tosef. ib. I, 7. Ḥull. l. c. פְּגִימַת עצם בפסח a cut in the bone of a Passover lamb (forbidden in Ex. XII, 46); פ׳ אוזן בבכור a cut in the ear of a first-born animal (by which it is rendered unfit as a sacrifice, and may be eaten by the priest outside of the seat of the sanctuary); פ׳ מום בקדשים the blemish, created by a cut, of a consecrated (female) sacrifice; וכולן פְּגִימָתָן כדי פ׳ המזבח and all of these incisions are measured by the standard of an indentation in the altar; ib. 18ᵃ וכמה פ׳ המזבח and how large is the indentation which unfits the altar?; v. חָגַר II; a. fr.—Pl. פְּגִימוֹת. Ib. 17ᵇ; a. fr. —2) concavity of an arch, crescent, &c. R. Hash. 23ᵇ (expl. לפני החמה ib. II, 6) פְּגִימָתָהּ לפני החמה וכ׳ was the concave side of the crescent directed towards the sun or away from the sun? Ib. מעולם … פגימתה של לבנה ולא פגימתה של קשת the sun never faces the concave of the crescent or the concave of a rainbow; Y. ib. II, 58ᵃ פִּיגְמָתָהּ; a. e. —3) violation (of virginity). Snh. 73ᵇ במקפדת על פגימתה וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. פִּיגְמָהּ) when she is excited over her violation, and says &c.—[Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᵃ bot. פגימה, read: פְּגוּמָה, v. פָּגַם.]