מים
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Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| מ־י־ם (m-y-m) |
From Proto-Semitic *māy-. Compare Aramaic מַיָּא (mayyā), Arabic مَاء (māʔ). Doublet of מ״ם (“מ”).
Pronunciation
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /majim/
Noun
מַיִם • (máyim) m pl (plural construct מֵי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form מָיִם)
- (plural only) (uncountable) water
Usage notes
- The construct form מֵימֵי־ also occurs.
Derived terms
- בּוֹר מַיִם (bor máyim)
- כַּדּוּרְמַיִם (kadurmáyim)
- מַפַּל מַיִם
- מֵי גְּבִינָה
- מֵי חַטָּאת (mé chatát)
- מֵי חַמְצָן (mé chamtsán)
- מֵימִי (meymí)
- מֵי נִדָּה (mé nidá)
- מֵי פֶּה (mé pé)
- מֵי רַגְלַיִם (mé ragláyim)
Descendants
References
- 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
מים on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
מים • (mim) m, plural מימען (mimen)
See also
- (meme (unit of cultural information)): מעמע f (meme)
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “meme (internet)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hebrew מים (máyim).
Pronunciation
Noun
מים • (mayim, mayem) n
References
- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “מים”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN