לוין

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• לַוְויָין
• לַוְיָין
• לַוְויָן

Noun

לַוְיָן • (lavyán) m (plural indefinite לַוְיָנִים, singular construct לַוְיַן־, plural construct לַוְיָנֵי־)

1. satellite (smaller body orbiting a larger one)
2. satellite (man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body)
3. satellite (country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body)
4. (colloquial) satellite (technology based on satellite communication)

Synonyms

• (smaller body orbiting a larger one) יָרֵחַ
• (body under the control of another body) גְּרוּרָה

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German lōn, from Old High German lōn, from Proto-West Germanic *laun, from Proto-Germanic *launą, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w-. Compare German Lohn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫɔɪ̯n/

Noun

לוין • (loyn) m, plural לוינען (loynen)

1. wage
2. reward

Derived terms

• אַרבעטלוין (arbetloyn), אַרבעטס־לוין (arbets-loyn), אַרבעטסלוין (arbetsloyn, “wages, salary”)
• באַלוין (baloyn, “wage, reward, compensation”)
• באַלוינונג (baloynung, “reward, honourable distinction”)
• באַלוינען (baloynen, “to reward, favor, endow”)
• לוינאַרבעט (loynarbet, “work for hire”)
• לוינאַרבעטער (loynarbeter), לוין־אַרבעטער (loyn-arbeter, “wage earner, wage worker”)
• לוין־אָפּצאָל (loyn-optsol, “payroll, payment”)
• לוין־אָנגעשטעלטער (loyn-ongeshtelter, “wage worker, employee”)
• לוינבאַרקייט (loynbarkeyt, “meaningfulness, beneficialness, usefulness, advantage”)
• לוינגעלט (loyngelt, “wage, salary, remuneration”)
• לוין־העכערונג (loyn-hekherung, “pay raise”)
• לוינזעלנער (loynzelner, “mercenary”)
• לויניק (loynik, “beneficial, useful, expedient, worthwhile, meaningful”)
• לויניקייט (loynikeyt, “meaningfulness, auspiciousness, usefulness, advantage, advisability, desirability, appropriateness”)
• לויננעמער (loynnemer, “employee”)
• לוינען (loynen, “to pay, to be rewarding, to be beneficial”)
• לוינעוודיק (loynevdik, “profitable, rewarding, beneficial, useful, advantageous, worthwhile”)
• לוינונג (loynung, “equivalence, suitability; usefulness, advisability, desirability”)
• לוינעוודיקייט (loynevdikeyt, “meaningfulness, beneficialness, usefulness, importance, advantage, usefulness, remunerativeness, profitability”)
• לוינבאַר (loynbar, “profitable, rewarding, beneficial, useful, advantageous, worthwhile”)
• וואָכנלוין (vokhnloyn, “weekly wages”)
• טאָגלוין (togloyn, “daily wages”)
• טאָגלוינער (togloyner), טאָג־לוינער (tog-loyner, “day labourer”)

Adjective

לוין־ • (loyn-)

1. salaried

References

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “lojn”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 498
• Justus van de Kamp et al., “לױן” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].