פְּרִידָה f. (פָּרַד) 1) one of a pair of pigeons, single pigeon, opp. to קֵן. Kinn. III, 6 צריכה … פ׳ אחת she is bound to offer a single pigeon in addition; Zeb. 67ᵇ. Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., ch. VIII, Par. 7; Zeb. 65ᵃ אפי׳ פ׳ אחת וכ׳ he may offer even one single pigeon; a. fr.—Pl. פְּרִידִין (m.), פְּרִידוֹת. Kinn. l. c. דין … Bab. ed. (Mish. ed. דות …). Sifra l. c.; a. fr.—Trnsf. a dear person. B. Mets. 84ᵇ פ׳ אחת יש לי … ואי אתם וכ׳ one pigeon (my son’s body) is among you, and you will not let him come to me (be buried by my side)? Ib. פ׳ … ואתם וכ׳ I have a dear son among you, and you want to deprive me of him (expose him to the evil eye by showing him too much honor)?—Pl. פְּרִידוֹת. B. Kam. 38ᵇ שתי פ׳ טובות וכ׳ two fine pigeons (precious proselytes) do I expect to bring forth from among you (v. בָּרַךְ Hif.). —2) a single berry; a slice of a pomegranate. Y. Ber. VI, 10ᵃ top פ׳ אחת של ענב one grape berry; פ׳ אחת של רמון one slice of a pomegranate. Y. Naz. VI, 54ᵈ [read:] פ׳ של רמון … שחלקה בפיו ואכלה a piece of a pomegranate of ʿOrlah (v. עָרְלָה) which one cut off with his mouth and ate. Y. Maasr. I, 48ᵈ; a. e. —3) pebble, particle. Nidd. 27ᵃ, sq. על פ׳ אחת של רקב to one particle of decayed matter; על פ׳ אחת של עפר to one particle of earth. Y. Yoma II, 39ᶜ top ברוב כל פ׳ ופ׳ (the fire must have seized) the larger portion of every particle, opp. רובו של קומץ the larger portion of the handful (of the meal offering); a. e.—Pl. פְּרִידוֹת. Nidd. l. c.—[פרידה ch., v. פְּרִידָא I.]