פַּדַּחַת, front, forehead. Yeb. 120ᵃ … פ׳ ולא פרצוף ולא פ׳ וכ׳ an identification by the forehead without the face, or by the face without the forehead is illegal; Bekh. 46ᵇ. Ib.; Nidd. III, 5 איזהו רוב ראשו משתצא פַּדַּחְתּוֹ (not משיצא) what is ‘the larger part of its (the infant’s) head’? when its forehead comes forth. Macc. 20ᵇ ולפדחתו, v. פֵּאָה; a. e.