Layn vs Laid - What's the difference?

layn | laid |


As verbs the difference between layn and laid

is that layn is to read from the Torah scroll during a Jewish prayer service while laid is past tense of lay.

As an adjective laid is

marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.

layn

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (Judaism) To read from the Torah scroll during a Jewish prayer service.
  • * It is proper that he who makes the bracha should also be the one to layn .
  • * Ruthie learned to layn (read the Torah) and both participated fully in the services.
  • References

    * [ Torah Layning Corps] * [ Should the person who gets an aliyah to the Torah also layn (read from the Torah)?] * [ Jewish Tribune - Toronto Partnership Minyan continues to grow]

    laid

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (lay)
  • Derived terms

    * get laid * laid rope

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
  • Derived terms

    * creamlaid

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