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Hebrew
Noun
לַוְיָן • (lavyán) m (plural indefinite לַוְיָנִים, singular construct לַוְיַן־, plural construct לַוְיָנֵי־)
- satellite (smaller body orbiting a larger one)
- satellite (man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body)
- satellite (country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body)
- (colloquial) satellite (technology based on satellite communication)
Synonyms
- (smaller body orbiting a larger one) יָרֵחַ
- (body under the control of another body) גְּרוּרָה
Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German lōn, from Old High German lōn, from Proto-West Germanic *laun, from Proto-Germanic *launą, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w-. Compare German Lohn.
Pronunciation
Noun
לוין • (loyn) m, plural לוינען (loynen)
- wage
- reward
Derived terms
- אַרבעטלוין (arbetloyn), אַרבעטס־לוין (arbets-loyn), אַרבעטסלוין (arbetsloyn, “wages, salary”)
- באַלוין (baloyn, “wage, reward, compensation”)
- באַלוינונג (baloynung, “reward, honourable distinction”)
- באַלוינען (baloynen, “to reward, favor, endow”)
- לוינאַרבעט (loynarbet, “work for hire”)
- לוינאַרבעטער (loynarbeter), לוין־אַרבעטער (loyn-arbeter, “wage earner, wage worker”)
- לוין־אָפּצאָל (loyn-optsol, “payroll, payment”)
- לוין־אָנגעשטעלטער (loyn-ongeshtelter, “wage worker, employee”)
- לוינבאַרקייט (loynbarkeyt, “meaningfulness, beneficialness, usefulness, advantage”)
- לוינגעלט (loyngelt, “wage, salary, remuneration”)
- לוין־העכערונג (loyn-hekherung, “pay raise”)
- לוינזעלנער (loynzelner, “mercenary”)
- לויניק (loynik, “beneficial, useful, expedient, worthwhile, meaningful”)
- לויניקייט (loynikeyt, “meaningfulness, auspiciousness, usefulness, advantage, advisability, desirability, appropriateness”)
- לויננעמער (loynnemer, “employee”)
- לוינען (loynen, “to pay, to be rewarding, to be beneficial”)
- לוינעוודיק (loynevdik, “profitable, rewarding, beneficial, useful, advantageous, worthwhile”)
- לוינונג (loynung, “equivalence, suitability; usefulness, advisability, desirability”)
- לוינעוודיקייט (loynevdikeyt, “meaningfulness, beneficialness, usefulness, importance, advantage, usefulness, remunerativeness, profitability”)
- לוינבאַר (loynbar, “profitable, rewarding, beneficial, useful, advantageous, worthwhile”)
- וואָכנלוין (vokhnloyn, “weekly wages”)
- טאָגלוין (togloyn, “daily wages”)
- טאָגלוינער (togloyner), טאָג־לוינער (tog-loyner, “day labourer”)
Adjective
לוין־ • (loyn-)
- salaried
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