פְּחִי, (פחה, cmp. פּוּחַ) blowing out, expiration; פ׳ נפש (cmp. מַפָּח) despair, disappointment. Sabb. 127ᵇ הלך לביתו בפ׳ נ׳ went home in despair. R. Hash. II, 6 כדי שלא יצאו בפ׳ נ׳ that they (the witnesses) might not leave in disappointment (and be discouraged from coming again); a. fr.—[Levy Talm. Dict. reads פַּחֵי, as constr. pl. of פַּח III.]