דין
Aramaic
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέ (dé).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dejn/
Adverb
דין • (transliteration needed)
- yet
Conjunction
דין • (transliteration needed)
- 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 (d-y-n) |
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־)
- law (written or understood rule)
- logical argument
Derived terms
- אין דין ואין דיין / אֵין דִּין וְאֵין דַּיָּן ('éin dín v'éin dayán)
- בית דין
- בַּעַל דִּין (ba'al dín)
- עוֹרֵך דִּין (orékh din, “attorney”)
- עֲרִיכַת דִין (arikhát dín)
- שׁוּרַת הַדִּין (shurát hadín)
References
- H1779 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Noun
דַּיָּן • (dayán) m
- defective spelling of דיין.
Proper noun
דִּין • (din) m
- a male given name, Dean
Ladino
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew דִּין (din).
Noun
דין m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling din)
- religious law
Yiddish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪn/
Etymology 1
From Old High German dunni, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz.
Adjective
דין • (din)
- thin (having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite)
Declension
Declension of דין
| predicative | דין din | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | masculine | neuter | feminine | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | post./nom. | ||||
| nominative | דינער diner | דין din | דינע dine | דינס dins | דינע dine | דינע dine |
| accusative | דינעם dinem | |||||
| dative | דינעם dinem | דינער diner | ||||
Antonyms
- דיק (dik)
Etymology 2
From Hebrew דִּין (din).
Noun
דין • (din) m, plural דינים (dinem)
- religious law
Derived terms
- בית־דין (beyz-din)
Related terms
- דיין (dayen)