בּוּכְרָא I m. (בכר) 1) = h. בְּכוֹר, first-born. Targ. Ex. XII, 29; a. fr.—Ḥull. 44ᵇ; a. fr.—B. Bath. 126ᵇ ב׳ סכלא (h. בכור שוטה) foolish (wild) first-born, i.e. a first-born by his mother but not by his father (having no privileges).—Pl. בּוּכְרַיָּא, בּוּכְרִין. Targ. Ps. CXXXV, 8; a. e.—Fem. בּוּכְרְתָא. Ber. 6ᵃ ב׳ בת ב׳ a first-born cat whose mother is a first-born.—[ 2) = h. בִּכּוּרָה. Pl. בּוּכְרֵי first fruits. Targ. Y. I Deut. XXXIII, 14. (Targ. Y. II. בִּכְרָא).]