פורים
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See also: פּורים
Hebrew
Etymology
Formed as the plural of פּוּר (púr).
Proper noun
פּוּרִים • (Purím) m
Usage notes
- 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.)
References
Further reading
פורים on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish
Proper noun
פורים • (Purim, Purem)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of פּורים (purim).