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Aramaic
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέ (dé).
Pronunciation
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
Cognate with Arabic دِين (dīn), Aramaic דִּינָא (dīnā), Amharic ዳኘ (dañä) and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎊𐎐 (dyn).
Pronunciation
Noun
דִּין • (din) m (plural indefinite דִּינִים, singular construct דִּין־, plural construct דִּינֵי־)
- judgement; law (a written or understood rule)
- logical argument
Derived terms
References
Noun
דַּיָּן • (dayán) m
- defective spelling of דיין.
Etymology 2
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
Persian
Noun
דין • (din)
- Judeo-Persian spelling of دین (din).
1600s, Elisha ben Shmūel, translated by Dalia Yasharpour, The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Brill, published November 9, 2020:המישה פיירוו תורה ודין באש
דגר הם צחבת אהל יקין באש- hamiše peyrow-e torâ o din bâš
degar ham sohbat-e ahl-e yaqin bâš - Always pursue the Torah and religion;
Converse with those who know the Truth.
Yiddish
Pronunciation
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
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דין din
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case
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masculine
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neuter
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feminine
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plural
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indefinite
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definite
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post./nom.
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nominative
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דינער diner
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דין din
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דינע dine
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דינס dins
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דינע dine
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דינע dine
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accusative
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דינעם dinem
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dative
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דינעם dinem
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דינער diner
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Antonyms
Etymology 2
From Hebrew דִּין (din).
Noun
דין • (din) m, plural דינים (dinem)
- religious law
Derived terms