"leyn" meaning in All languages combined

See leyn on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: leyns [present, singular, third-person], leyning [participle, present], leyned [participle, past], leyned [past]
Etymology: From Yiddish לייענען (leyenen, “to read”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yi|לייענען|t=to read}} Yiddish לייענען (leyenen, “to read”) Head templates: {{en-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 Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism Translations (read from a Torah scroll): lajenen (Dutch), lesen (German), קָרָא (kará) (Hebrew), lejnol (Hungarian), לייענען (leyenen) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-leyn-en-verb-~eK5~sXj Disambiguation of 'read from a Torah scroll': 98 2
  2. (Judaism, by extension) to recite the haftarah, megillah or other ritualized text Tags: Judaism, broadly Categories (topical): Judaism
    Sense id: en-leyn-en-verb-4EU11Za6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: layn Related terms: daven

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