בכורה

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Hebrew

Root
ב־כ־ר (b-k-r)

Noun

בְּכוֹרָה (b'khoráf (plural indefinite בְּכוֹרוֹת)

  1. birthright of the firstborn son, primogeniture
  2. precedence

Noun

בְּכוֹרָה (b'khoráf (plural indefinite בְּכוֹרוֹת, masculine counterpart בְּכוֹר)

  1. firstborn daughter

Noun

בַּכּוּרָה (bakuráf (plural indefinite בַּכּוּרוֹת)

  1. early-ripening fig

Noun

בִּכּוּרָה (bikuráf (plural indefinite בִּכּוּרוֹת)

  1. Alternative form of בַּכּוּרָה (bakurá)

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּכוֹרָה.

Noun

בכורה (pkhoyref

  1. right of the firstborn; inheritance by means of primogeniture
  2. precedence, priority