מים
Hebrew
editEtymology
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מ־י־ם (m-y-m) |
From Proto-Semitic *māy-. Compare Aramaic מַיָּא (mayyā), Arabic مَاء (māʔ). Doublet of מ״ם (“מ”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /majm/
Noun
editמַיִם • (máyim) m pl (plural construct מֵי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form מָיִם)
- (plural only) (uncountable) water
Usage notes
edit- The construct form מֵימֵי־ also occurs.
Derived terms
edit- בּוֹר מַיִם (bor máyim)
- כַּדּוּרְמַיִם (kadurmáyim)
- מַפַּל מַיִם
- מֵי גְּבִינָה
- מֵי חַמְצָן (mé chamtsán)
- מֵימִי (meymí)
- מֵי פֶּה (mei pe)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- H4325 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “מים” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
edit- מים on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
editמים • (mim) m, plural מימען (mimen)
See also
edit- (meme (unit of cultural information)): מעמע f (meme)
References
edit- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “meme (internet)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Hebrew מים (máyim).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editמים • (mayim, mayem) n
References
edit- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “מים”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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- Hebrew terms belonging to the root מ־י־ם
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew doublets
- Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew pluralia tantum
- Hebrew palindromes
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- Hebrew uncountable nouns
- Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים
- Yiddish terms borrowed from English
- Yiddish terms derived from English
- Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish palindromes
- Yiddish masculine nouns
- Yiddish neologisms
- yi:Internet
- Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew
- Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew
- Yiddish neuter nouns