שיין
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See also: שײַן
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German schœne, from Old High German scōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz. Cognate with Central Franconian schön, German schön, Dutch schoon, Danish skøn, Swedish skön English sheen.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (YIVO, Ukrainish, Netherlandic) IPA(key): /ʃɛɪ̯n/
- (Northeastern) IPA(key): /ʃeɪ̯n/
- (Poylish) IPA(key): /ʃaɪ̯n/
Adjective
[edit]שיין • (sheyn) (comparative שענער (shener), superlative שענסט (shenst))
Declension
[edit]Declension of שיין
Synonyms
[edit]- (cute): זיס (zis)
Derived terms
[edit]- אַ שיינעם דאַנק (a sheynem dank, “thank you very much”)
- באַשײַנען (bashaynen, “to beautify”)
- שיין געפֿורעמט (sheyn gefuremt, “shapely”, adjective)
- שיינע (sheyne, “female given name”)
- שיינקייט (sheynkeyt, “beauty”)
Noun
[edit]שיין • (shayn) f
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of שײַן (shayn).
Categories:
- Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Old High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish adjectives
- Yiddish terms with usage examples
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish feminine nouns
- Yiddish unpointed forms