פחות

פָּחוֹת • (pakhót)

1. Less, fewer.

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

• יותר (yotér, “more”)

פָּחוֹת • (pakhót)

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

• In Modern Hebrew, when פחות modifies a definite adjective, the ה־ (ha-, “”) 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.

• יותר (yotér, “more”)

פָּחוֹת • (pakhót)

1. Less, fewer.

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

   פחות באו מאשר ציפיתי. ― Pakhót bá'u m'ashér tzipíti. ― Fewer came than I had expected.

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

• 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.

• יותר (yotér, “more”)

• לפחות (l'fakhót, “at least”)
• פָּחוֹת אוֹ יוֹתֵר (pakhót o yotér)
• פָּחוֹת מִדַּי (pakhót midáy)

• פתוח, תפוח