bachur

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בָּחוּר (bakhur).

Noun

bachur (plural bachurim)

  1. A yeshiva student
    • 2001 June 30, toichen, “How long would you last in yeshiva?”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderatted‎[2] (Usenet):
      The average bachur in a yeshiva spends approximately 10 hours a day arguing the meaning of texts.
    • 1999 April 10, David Lloyd Jones, “Hillel”, in alt.humor.jewish‎[3] (Usenet):
      The bocherim in the cheder were jumping up and down with joy. "Rabbi you really stuck it to those guys, and we've never understood this red heifer stuff until you said that."

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.xur/
  • Rhymes: -axur
  • Syllabification: ba‧chur

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hebrew בחור.

Noun

bachur m animal (diminutive bachurek)

  1. (archaic) a child, especially a Jewish child
Declension
Declension of bachur
singular plural
nominative bachur bachury
genitive bachura bachurów
dative bachurowi bachurom
accusative bachura bachury
instrumental bachurem bachurami
locative bachurze bachurach
vocative bachurze bachury

Etymology 2

Judging by its distribution, borrowed from Czech bachor, from Old Czech bachoř,[1] from Proto-Slavic *pǫxyrь. Doublet of pęcherz (“bladder, blister”), an inherited form.

Alternative forms

Noun

bachur m inan

  1. (archaic or dialectal) alternative form of bachor
Declension
Declension of bachur
singular plural
nominative bachur bachury
genitive bachuru bachurów
dative bachurowi bachurom
accusative bachur bachury
instrumental bachurem bachurami
locative bachurze bachurach
vocative bachurze bachury
adjectives
nouns

References

  1. ^ Rosół, Rafał (2010) “O zapomnianych znaczeniach pol. bachor i bachur”, in Linguistica Copernicana‎[1], volume 1 (3), page 235 seqq.

Further reading

  • bachur in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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