Hebrew

Proper noun

פּוּרִים • ‎(Purím) m

1. Purim.

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.)

Noun

פּוּרִים • ‎(purím) m pl

1. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): Plural indefinite form of פּוּר ‎(púr)‎.

Yiddish

Proper noun

פורים • ‎(Purim, Purem)

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of פּורים ‎(purim).