bekitzur

Alternative Spellings

b'kitser, b'kitzur, b'kitsur, bekitser

Definitions

• "Briefly or concisely: succinctly" (Weiser)

Example Sentences

• "He explained the sugya to me bekitzur, but I think I should go back for more details." (Weiser)

Languages of Origin

Textual Hebrew, Yiddish

Etymology

Heb בקיצור bekitsúr, Yiddish בקיצור bekítser 'in short, briefly'

Who Uses This

Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there

Regions

North America

Dictionaries

Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).

Notes

The Yiddish bekitser also has synonyms in הקיצור hakitser and אַ קיצור a kitser.