פָּשׁוּט, פְּשׁוּטָה f. (part. pass. of פָּשַׁט) 1) straight, plain, simple. R. Hash. III, 3 של יעל פ׳ a straight horn of the mountain-goat, opp. כפוף. Sabb. 104ᵃ, v. כָּפַף. Ib. 106ᵃ, v. סִיט. Men. 35ᵇ ר׳ אחא מחוי פ׳ Ms. M. (ed. אשי) R. A. showed the index finger straight, i.e. the strap must reach from the arm to the tip of the index finger, when straightened, opp. כפוף (v. Tosaf. a. l.; Rashi: the strap must be as long as the distance from the thumb to the index finger, stretched as wide as possible, opp. כפוף the distance from the index to the middle finger). Mekh. B’shall. beg. לא הביאן הק"בה דרך פ׳ וכ׳ the Lord did not lead them on the direct road to Palestine; Yalk. Ex. 226 בפשוטה (sub. דרך). Mekh. l. c. לא הביאן המקום בפישוטן (corr. acc.). Cant. R. to I, 16 בלשון פ׳ with a single expression (of praise), opp. כפול. B. Bath. X, 1, a. fr. גט פ׳ a plain, open document, opp. מקושר folded; Tosef. Gitt. VIII (VI), 9 פ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. גט פ׳). Y. R. Hash. III, 58ᵈ top פשוטה (sub. תקיעה) the plain note (תקיעה), opp. the tremulous note; a. fr. —2) (noun) פָּשׁוּט the plain, literal sense. Sabb. 63ᵃ, a. e. אין מקרא יוצא מידי פְשׁוּטוֹ, v. מִקְרָא. —3) (sub. יורש) an heir entitled to a single share, opp. בְּכוֹר. Bekh. 52ᵇ מה חלק פ׳ ירושה וכ׳ as the share of the plain heir is an inheritance, so the share of the firstborn is an inheritance (and not a gift affected by the jubilee laws); B. Bath. 124ᵃ. Ib. 126ᵃ בכור … כפ׳ ויתר, v. וָתַר; Y. Keth. IV, end, 29ᵇ בכור שחלק בפ׳ (read בפ׳). Num. R. s. 6 בני פ׳ the sons of a plain (not firstborn) man; a. fr.—Fem. פְּשׁוּטָה (sub. ירושה) single share. Y. B. Bath. VIII, 16ᵇ top, opp. כְּפֵילָה.—Pl. פְּשׁוּטִים, פְּשׁוּטִין; פְּשׁוּטוֹת. Sabb. 103ᵇ, v. כָּפַף. Num. R. l. c. פְּשׁוּטֵי הלוים וכ׳ the plain (not firstborn) Levites took the place of the firstborn Israelites; a. fr. —4) flat, level, without receptacle. Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. VI, 1 המשנה … מן הפ׳ לקיבול if one changes a leather implement … from a flat surface to a receptacle. Ib. IV, 3 פְּשׁוּטוֹ טהור in its flattened condition (when the bag is unrolled), it is not susceptible to uncleanness; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Kel. II, 1 פְּשׁוּטֵיהֶן those of them which are flat, opp. מקבליהן which have receptacles. Sabb. 123ᵇ, a. e. פְּשׁוּטֵי כלי עץ flat wooden implements (boards &c.). Y. ib. X, end, 12ᵈ בפ׳ when they are flat, opp. מקופלין folded; a. fr.