דיין

See also: דײַן

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ד־י־ן (d-y-n)
4 terms

Cognate with Arabic دَيَّان (dayyān), Aramaic דַּיָּנָא (dayyānā).

Noun

דיין / דַּיָּן • (dayán) m (plural indefinite דיינים / דַּיָּנִים, singular construct דיין / דַּיַּן־, plural construct דייני / דַּיָּנֵי־) [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. judge, jurist

Declension

Declension of דַּיָּן
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite דַּיָּן first דַּיָּנִי דַּיָּנֵנוּ
definite הַדַּיָּן second דַּיָּנְךָ דַּיָּנֵךְ דַּיַּנְכֶם דַּיַּנְכֶן
construct דַּיַּן־ third דַּיָּנוֹ דַּיָּנָהּ דַּיָּנָם דַּיָּנָן
plural indefinite דַּיָּנִים first דיניי / דַּיָּנַי דַּיָּנֵינוּ
definite הַדַּיָּנִים second דַּיָּנֶיךָ דינייך / דַּיָּנַיִךְ דַּיָּנֵיכֶם דַּיָּנֵיכֶן
construct דַּיָּנֵי־ third דַּיָּנָיו דַּיָּנֶיהָ דַּיָּנֵיהֶם דַּיָּנֵיהֶן

Derived terms

References

  • “דיין” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Yiddish

Etymology 1

From Hebrew דַּיָּן.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaɪ̯ən/

Noun

דיין • (dayen) m, plural דיינים (dayonem)

  1. religious judge

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daɪ̯n/

Determiner

דיין • (dayn)

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of דײַן (dayn).
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