שיעור

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Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ע־ר (sh-ʿ-r)

Noun

שיעור / שִׁעוּר (shi'úrm (plural indefinite שיעורים / שִׁעוּרִים, singular construct שיעורי / שִׁעוּרֵי־)

  1. measure, amount
  2. rate, frequency, occurrence
  3. lesson, period (time frame for studying)
  4. lesson (part in a study programme)
  5. lesson, moral (moral of a story)
  6. coordinate (one of a series of numbers indicating a location in space)
    שיעוריו של הגוף במרחב הם (1,0,3) ביחס לראשית הצירים.
    The coordinates of the object in space are (1,0,3) in relation to the origin.

Yiddish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew שיעור (shiúr, lesson).

Noun

שיעור (shier, shirm, plural שיעורים (shiurim)

  1. limit, end
  2. lesson on the Talmud