"leyn" meaning in English

See leyn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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 Categories (other): Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 57 43 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: layn Related terms: daven

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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