soyne

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Pronunciations

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Definitions

  • n. An enemy.

Example Sentences

  • "The battle by the Jewish heroes was carried out with superhuman effort, but the superior forces of the German soyne [enemy] was too great." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y שׂונא soyne

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      soine, soyneh, soineh

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