פורים
See also: פּורים
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
Formed as the plural of פּוּר (púr).
Proper noun edit
פּוּרִים • (Purím) m
Usage notes edit
- Like other words that start with ב, ג, ד, כ, פ, or ת, this term's initial letter takes a dagesh lene. In older texts, that dagesh is usually dropped when the word is preceded, in the same phrase, by a word ending in a mater lectionis; in modern texts, the dagesh is usually preserved even in such a case. Likewise, in older texts, the dagesh is always dropped when the word is prefixed by an indefinite ב־, כ־, or ל־, or by ו־; in modern speech, the dagesh is often preserved in such a case. (After the definite ב־, כ־, and ל־, and after the prefixes ה־, מ־, and ש־, there is a dagesh forte, as described in the usage notes for those prefixes.)
Yiddish edit
Proper noun edit
פורים • (Purim, Purem)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of פּורים (purim).