Hebrew

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Root
מ־י־ן (m-y-n)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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מִין (minm (plural indefinite מִינִים, singular construct מִין־, plural construct מִינֵי־)

  1. kind
  2. species
  3. gender, sex
  4. sex (sexual intercourse)
  5. (grammar) gender
  6. (Rabbinic) heretic

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Verb

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מִיֵּן (miyén) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of מיין

Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Hebrew מִין (min).

Noun

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מין (minm, plural מינים (minem)

  1. species, kind, type
  2. (Judaism) heretic
  3. gender (of a person)
  4. (grammar) gender

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