פִּיתּוּחַ, פָּתַח Pi.) incision, engraving, engraved design. Y. Nidd. III, 50ᵈ פ׳ ידים ורגלים וכ׳ it (the embryo) has no incisions indicating the outlines of hands and of feet. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 43ᵇ bot. הומר היא בפ׳ the law is stricter in the case of an engraving made on a tree (Asherah).—Pl. פִּיתּוּחִים, פִּיתּוּחִין, פִּתּ׳. Ib. העכיר את הפ׳ if he effaced the engraving. Ohol. XIV, 1 העטרות והפ׳ the wreaths and engravings (mouldings above the entrance); Tosef. ib. XIV, 10 הפִּתּוּיִין.