שיין

See also: שײַן

Yiddish

Etymology

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

(YIVO, Ukrainish, Netherlandic) IPA^(key): /ʃɛɪ̯n/
(Litvish) IPA^(key): /ʃeɪ̯n/
(Poylish) IPA^(key): /ʃaɪ̯n/

Adjective

שיין • (sheyn) (comparative שענער (shener), superlative שענסט (shenst))

beautiful, pretty, cute, handsome
אַ שיין פּנים!
a sheyn ponem!
(What) a pretty face!
nice

Declension

Declension of שיין


predicative					שיין sheyn
case	masculine	neuter			feminine	plural
case	masculine	indefinite	definite	post./nom.	feminine	plural
nominative	שיינער sheyner	שיין sheyn	שיינע sheyne	שיינס sheyns	שיינע sheyne	שיינע sheyne
accusative	שיינעם sheynem		שיינע sheyne	שיינס sheyns	שיינע sheyne
dative	שיינעם sheynem		שיינעם sheynem		שיינער sheyner

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).

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