שיין
See also: שײַן
Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German schœne, from Old High German scōni, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz. Compare German schön.
Adjective
שיין • (sheyn) (comparative שענער (shener), superlative שענסט (shenst))
Declension
Declension of שיין
Synonyms
- (cute): זיס (zis)
Derived terms
- 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
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-Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish adjectives
- Yiddish terms with usage examples
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish feminine nouns
- Yiddish unpointed forms