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leyn

leyn verb: to read from a Torah scroll.

Verb

leyn (third-person singular simple present leyns, present participle leyning, simple past and past participle leyned)

  1. (Judaism) to read from a Torah scroll
  2. (Judaism, broadly) to recite the haftarah, megillah or other ritualized text

Forms of leyn

third-person singular presentleyns
present participleleyning
past participleleyned
pastleyned
alternative formlayn

Origin of leyn

From Yiddish לייענען (leyenen, “to read”).

Questions about leyn

What does leyn mean?
Leyn means to read from a Torah scroll.
What part of speech is leyn?
Leyn is a verb.
What is the past tense of leyn?
The past tense of leyn is leyned.

Words near leyn in the dictionary

  1. leylandii
  2. leylandiis
  3. Leylands
  4. leyline
  5. leylines
  6. leyn
  7. leyned
  8. Leyner
  9. leyning
  10. leyns
  11. leys

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