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Hebrew
Pronunciation
Noun
שיעור / שִׁעוּר • (shi'úr) m (plural indefinite שיעורים / שִׁעוּרִים, singular construct שיעורי / שִׁעוּרֵי־)
- measure, amount
- rate, frequency, occurrence
- lesson, period (time frame for studying)
- lesson (part in a study programme)
- lesson, moral (moral of a story)
- coordinate (one of a series of numbers indicating a location in space)
Derived terms
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew שיעור (shiúr, “lesson”).
Noun
שיעור • (shier, shir) m, plural שיעורים (shiurim)
- limit, end
- lesson on the Talmud