פְּגַר II (b. h. Pi.) to be lax, faint (cmp. פּוּג).
    Pa. - פַּגֵּר 1) to relax, take vacation, be idle. Sabb. 129ᵇ יומא דמְפַגְּרֵי ביה רבנן a day on which the teachers took a hotiday. —2) to cause to relax. Keth. 103ᵇ ור׳ סבר לא אֲפַגְּרֵיה and Rabbi thought, I will not cause him to relax (in his charitable work, by appointing him a member of the college; or ‘I will not wear him out’, overburden him).
    Ithpa. - אִיפַּגֵּר to take vacation, absent one’s self. Ib. 111ᵇ אי׳ … ולא אתא he (the teacher) took a three days’ vacation and did not come (to school). Ib. אמאי אִיפַּגְּרַת why did you absent yourself?
    Af. - אַפְגַּר to be indifferent, neglectful. Gen. R. s. 94 מאי טעמא א׳ מר why have you become indifferent (towards me)?