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דין

דין

Aramaic

Adverb

דין (transliteration needed)

  1. yet

Conjunction

דין (transliteration needed)

  1. yet, but, however

Usage notes

דין is a post-positive word, i.e. it is never the first word in a sentence.


Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ד־י־ן

Cognate with Arabic دِين (dīn), Aramaic דִּינָא (dīnā), Amharic ዳኘ (dañä) and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎊𐎐 (dyn).

Noun

דִּין (din) m (plural indefinite דִּינִים, singular construct דִּין־, plural construct דִּינֵי־)

  1. law (written or understood rule)
  2. logical argument
Derived terms

Noun

דַּיָּן (dayán) m

  1. Defective spelling of דיין.

Proper noun

דִּין (din) m

  1. A male given name, Dean.

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowing from Hebrew דִּין (din).

Noun

דין m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling din)

  1. religious law

Yiddish

Etymology 1

From Old High German dunni, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz.

Adjective

דין (din)

  1. thin (having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite)
Antonyms
Declension

Etymology 2

From Hebrew דִּין (din).

Noun

דין (din) m, plural דינים (dinem)

  1. religious law
Derived terms
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