bachur

Polish

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hebrew בחור‎.

Noun

bachur m anim (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, volume 1 (3), pages 235 seqq.

Further reading
  • bachur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bachur in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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