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leyning

leyning is the present participle and gerund of leyn.

Meaning of leyn

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

Questions about leyning

What is leyning the present participle and gerund of?
Leyning is the present participle and gerund of leyn.

Words near leyning in the dictionary

  1. leyline
  2. leylines
  3. leyn
  4. leyned
  5. Leyner
  6. leyning
  7. leyns
  8. leys
  9. Leysdown
  10. Leysdown-on-Sea
  11. Leyshon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leyning (page history and authors); leyn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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