פְּרוּס, (פָּרַס) broken piece, part, half. Men. VII, 2 (77ᵇ) (ref. to Lev. VII, 14) שלא יטול פ׳ this indicates that he shall not take a piece of a cake; a. fr.—Shek. III, 1 בפרוס הפסח וכ׳ (Y. ed. בפְרַס) at half the period of preparation for the Passover &c. (during which the laws of the respective festival are expounded); v. Y. ib. III, beg. 47ᵇ פלגא בשלשים יום half of the thirty days.