פְּשָׁטָא m. (preced.) 1) plain wording; plain sense. Keth. 111ᵇ פְּשָׁטֵיה דקרא במאי כתיב what does the plain text (not homiletically changed) refer to?; Erub. 23ᵇ פשטיה דקרא וכ׳ what is the plain sense (not homiletically forced) of the text?; Kidd. 80ᵇ; a. e.—Y. Snh. I, beg. 18ᵃ פְּשׁוּטֵה דקרייא the plain sense of the text. Y. B. Bath. VIII, 16ᵃ בעי מימר פְשָׁטֵיה וכ׳ (not פנסטה) wanted to give the meaning (of the verse) and could not find it. —2) extension, natural course (of a river). Gitt. 60ᵇ; Ḥull. 18ᵇ; 57ᵃ, v. נְהַר II.