ym

See also: Ym, ym., and ym-

Translingual

Symbol

ym

1. (metrology) Symbol for yoctometer (yoctometre), an SI unit of length equal to 10⁻²⁴ meters (metres).

Egyptian

Etymology

Borrowed from Northwest Semitic. Compare Hebrew יָם (yām) and cognates listed therein.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iːm/
  • Conventional anglicization: ym

Noun

 m

1. sea, lake [since the 18th Dynasty]

Usage notes

Most commonly used in reference to the Mediterranean Sea, but also applied to Lake Moeris and other smaller bodies of water.

The glyph does double duty in some writings of this word, serving simultaneously as a determinative and as a phonetic mw.

Inflection

Declension of ym (masculine)

singular	ym
dual	ymwj
plural	ymw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ym  

ym	ymw	ywm	ym	ywm	ynm	ymw	ym
				[Late Period]

Descendants

• Demotic: ym
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲓⲁⲙ (iam)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲟⲙ (iom)
    • →⇒ Arabic: الفَيُّوم (al-fayyūm)
      • → English: Fayum, Faiyum, Fayyum
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲓⲁⲙ (iam)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲟⲙ (eiom)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 78.11
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 18
• Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, pages 52–53

Icelandic

Verb

ym (weak)

1. first-person singular present indicative of ymja
2. second-person singular imperative of ymja

Middle English

Pronoun

ym

1. Alternative form of him (“him”)

Welsh

Preposition

ym

1. Form of yn used before m.

   ym Mangor

   in Bangor

   ym Mhontypridd

   in Pontypridd