leyn

English

Alternative forms

• layn

Etymology

From Yiddish לייענען (leyenen, “to read”).

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, by extension) to recite the haftarah, megillah or other ritualized text

Translations

read from a Torah scroll

• Dutch: lajenen (nl)
• German: lesen (de)
• Hebrew: קָרָא (he) (kará)
• Hungarian: lejnol (hu)
• Yiddish: לייענען (leyenen)

See also

• daven

Anagrams

• -enyl, Lyne, enyl, lyne