bracha

See also: Bracha and brácha

English

Alternative forms

• beracha, berachah, beracha, berakha, berakhah, brachah, bracho, brakha, brocha, broche, brocho, brokhe, brucha, brukha, brukhas, brukhe

Etymology

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Hebrew בְּרָכָה (b'rakhá)bor.

Yiddish ברכה (brokhe)bor.

English bracha

Borrowed from Yiddish ברכה (brokhe), from Hebrew בְּרָכָה (b'rakhá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹʌ.hə/, /ˈbɹʌ.xə/

Noun

bracha (plural brachot or brachos or brachas)

1. (Judaism) Blessing.
   • 2005, Sara E. Karesh, Mitchell M. Hurvitz, “bracha”, in Encyclopedia of Judaism, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 65:

     For a prayer or blessing to qualify as a bracha, it must follow a legal rabbinic formula that begins with the three words “Baruch Atah Adonai,” which is commonly translated as “Blessed (or Praised) are You, My Lord.”

Related terms

• bracha levatala

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbraxa]

Noun

bracha m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of brach

Irish

Noun

bracha m

1. genitive singular of brach

Noun

bracha f

1. (nonstandard) genitive singular of braich

Mutation

Mutated forms of bracha

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bracha	bhracha	mbracha

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

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Verb

bracha

1. to break