bachor

See also: bąchor, Bachor, Bąchor, and Bąchór

Czech

Alternative forms

• bachora, bachorek, bouchor, bouchoř (regional)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech bachoř, considered the same word as puchýř from Proto-Slavic *pǫxyrь but influenced by *baxoriti (“to conconct”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaxor]

Noun

bachor m inan

1. rumen (the first stomach of ruminants)
2. (colloquial) beer belly

Declension

Declension of bachor (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	bachor	bachory
genitive	bachoru	bachorů
dative	bachoru	bachorům
accusative	bachor	bachory
vocative	bachore	bachory
locative	bachoru	bachorech
instrumental	bachorem	bachory

Descendants

• Polish: bachor

Further reading

• “bachor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bachor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bachor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Old Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *pǫxyrь.

Noun

bachor m inan

1. rumen (the first stomach of ruminants)
2. (expressive) beer belly

Descendants

• Slovak: bachor

Further reading

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “bachor”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.xɔr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -axɔr
• Syllabification: ba‧chor
• Homophone: Bachor

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hebrew בָּחוּר (bāḥū́r, “guy, boy, young man”).

Noun

bachor m animal (diminutive bachorek)

1. (derogatory) brat (a selfish, spoiled, or unruly child)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urwis

2. (dated) bastard, an illegitimate child

   Synonym: bękart

Declension

Declension of bachor

	singular	plural
nominative	bachor	bachory
genitive	bachora	bachorów
dative	bachorowi	bachorom
accusative	bachora	bachory
instrumental	bachorem	bachorami
locative	bachorze	bachorach
vocative	bachorze	bachory

Alternative forms

• bąchor (Kuyavia)

Etymology 2

Judging by its distribution, borrowed from Czech bachor, from Old Czech bachoř, from Proto-Slavic *pǫxyrь

Noun

bachor m inan

1. (archaic or dialectal) belly; stomach of an animal; intestines

Declension

Declension of bachor

	singular	plural
nominative	bachor	bachory
genitive	bachoru	bachorów
dative	bachorowi	bachorom
accusative	bachor	bachory
instrumental	bachorem	bachorami
locative	bachorze	bachorach
vocative	bachorze	bachory

Further reading

• “bachor”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “bachor”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *pǫxyrь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baxɔr/, [ˈbaxɔr]
• Rhymes: -axɔr
• Hyphenation: ba‧chor

Noun

bachor m inan

1. rumen (the first stomach of ruminants)
2. (expressive, colloquial) beer belly

Declension

Declension of bachor
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	bachor	bachory
genitive	bachora	bachorov
dative	bachoru	bachorom
accusative	bachor	bachory
locative	bachore	bachoroch
instrumental	bachorom	bachormi

Further reading

• “bachor”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026