Sakhyan (שחיין) means swimmer in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שַׂחְיָן
sakhyan
noun · masculine
In English
swimmer
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Sakhyan.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אדם המצטיין בשחייה במים, לרוב כפעילות ספורטיבית לתחרות או לפנאי.
The word Sakhyan is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שַׂחְיָן
- Written without vowel points
- שחיין
- Said
- sakhyan
- Root
- ש־ח־ה
- Pattern
- קַטְלָן
- Plural
- שַׂחְיָנִים
- Feminine form
- שַׂחְיָנִית
- Inflections
- שַׂחְיַן־; נ' שַׂחְיָנִית; ר' שַׂחְיָנִים, שַׂחְיָנֵי־; נ"ר שַׂחְיָנִיּוֹת
- Gematria
- 378
This is how Sakhyan is said in other languages.
- English
- swimmer
These words mean nearly the same as Sakhyan.
These words rhyme with Sakhyan.
The word Sakhyan comes from the root ש־ח־ה, like these words.
These words come before and after Sakhyan in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sakhyan.
What does Sakhyan (שחיין) mean in Hebrew?
Sakhyan (שחיין) means swimmer. It is said sakhyan, with the stress on yan.
What is a synonym for Sakhyan (שחיין)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Sakhyan (שחיין) are שייט.
What rhymes with Sakhyan (שחיין)?
Words that rhyme with Sakhyan (שחיין) include זמן, חמצן, מימן, לבן, עניין, and פחמן.
Is Sakhyan (שחיין) masculine or feminine?
The word Sakhyan (שחיין) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שַׂחְיָנִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שחין of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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