The Yiddish word מעשׂה is pronounced "mayse," "mase," or "manse," the last of which contains a remnant of an old velar nasal pronunciation of the letter ayin.
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Ayin
//ˈaɪ.ɪn//
Synonyms for "ayin" (2 found)
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14 translations across 11 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- ع noun (Semitic letter)
- عَيْن noun (Semitic letter)
Catalan
1 entries- ain noun (Semitic letter)
Finnish
1 entries- ajin noun (Semitic letter)
French
1 entries- aïn noun (Semitic letter)
Hebrew
2 entries- ע noun (Semitic letter)
- עַיִן noun (Semitic letter)
Italian
1 entries- ain noun (Semitic letter)
Malay
1 entries- ain noun (Semitic letter)
Persian
2 entries- ع noun (Semitic letter)
- عین noun (Semitic letter)
Russian
1 entries- айн noun (Semitic letter)
Tajik
1 entries- айн noun (Semitic letter)
Yiddish
1 entries- עין noun (Semitic letter)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals.
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