אֵין (b. h.; constr. of אַיִן I) nothing, not. Ber. 5ᵃ אין עוף אלא וכ׳ uf (flight, Job V, 7) means nothing else but &c.; a. v. fr.—אֵינִי, אֵינְךָ not I &c. אֵינִי יודע I do not know; do I not know? B. Mets. 97ᵇ; a. fr. Ber. l. c. but the Holy One … אֵינוֹ כן is not so; a. fr.—אֵינוֹ דין is it not a legitimate conclusion?, whence so much the more. Y. Naz. VI, 55ᵃ; a. v. fr.—… אין לי אלא … מניין from this I could only prove …, whence, however, will you deduct …? Ḥull. 65ᵇ; a. fr. [Y. Git. IX, end, 50ᵈ אפי׳ כתב אינו read סימנו.]