פּוֹרְתָּא f. (preced.) 1) fragment, portion. Y. Ber. II, 5ᵃ bot. קטר פּוֹרְתֵּיה לפורתיה he tied his (R. Jacob’s) portion to his own. Gitt. 34ᵇ קרו … ופ׳ שרה they called her Miriam, but a portion (some few people) called her Sarah; a. e. —2) a little. Kidd. 70ᵃ, v. גּוּנְדְּרִיתָא. Gitt. 56ᵇ, v. הַצָּלָה. Ib. עד דרווח מיעיה פ׳ פ׳ until his (shrunken) bowels gradually extended. B. Mets. 118ᵃ; a. fr.