bachur

English

Alternative forms

• bocher

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, from Proto-Slavic *pǫxyrь. Doublet of pęcherz (“bladder, blister”), an inherited form.

Alternative forms

• bachorz, bachórz, bachoro

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

Related terms

adjectives

• bachorzysty
• bachraty

 

nouns

• bachoro
• bachory
• bachorz
• bachorze
• bachórz
• bachracz
• bachrania
• bachras
• bachróń
• bachur

 

Further reading

• bachur in Polish dictionaries at PWN