Hebrew

Determiner

פָּחוֹת • ‎(pakhót)

1. Less, fewer.

Usage notes

• This determiner has only one form: it does not inflect for gender or number, and it is always indefinite.

Antonyms

• יותר ‎(yotér, “more”)

Adverb

פָּחוֹת • ‎(pakhót)

1. Less, less often, with less intensity, to a lesser extent.

Usage notes

• In Modern Hebrew, when פחות modifies a definite adjective, the ה־ ‎(ha-, “[definiteness marker]”) attaches to it, rather than to the adjective itself.
• פחות is typically used in concert with the preposition מ־ ‎(mi-, “from”) (with a simple noun or pronoun) or the conjunction מאשר ‎(me'ashér, “from what”) (with an infinitive, prepositional phrase, or clause). These serve the same role in Hebrew that than serves in English.

Antonyms

• יותר ‎(yotér, “more”)

Pronoun

פָּחוֹת • ‎(pakhót)

1. Less, fewer.

   למה קיבלתי פחות ממנו?‎ ― Láma kibálti pakhót miménu? ― Why did I get less than him?

   פחות באו מאשר ציפתי.‎ ― Pakhót bá'u masher tzipíti. ― Fewer came than I had expected.

   פחות מהם באו היום מאשר אתמול.‎ ― Pakhót meihém bá'u hayóm masher etmól. ― Fewer of them came today than had come yesterday.

Usage notes

• This determiner has only one form, and when other parts of a sentence agree with it in gender and/or number, they take the gender and/or number of its implicit subject.

Antonyms

• יותר ‎(yotér, “more”)

Derived terms

• לפחות ‎(l'fakhót, “at least”)

Anagrams

• פתוח
• תפוח