يم

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See also: یم, بم, تم, ثم, and نم

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from a Northwest Semitic language, most probably Aramaic ימא (yammā) or Hebrew יָם (yām).

Noun

يَمّ • (yamm) m (plural يُمُوم (yumūm))

  1. open sea
    Synonym: بَحْر (baḥr)

Declension

Declension of noun يَمّ (yamm)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal يَمّ
yamm 		الْيَمّ
al-yamm 		يَمّ
yamm
Nominative يَمٌّ
yammun 		الْيَمُّ
al-yammu 		يَمُّ
yammu
Accusative يَمًّا
yamman 		الْيَمَّ
al-yamma 		يَمَّ
yamma
Genitive يَمٍّ
yammin 		الْيَمِّ
al-yammi 		يَمِّ
yammi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal يَمَّيْن
yammayn 		الْيَمَّيْن
al-yammayn 		يَمَّيْ
yammay
Nominative يَمَّانِ
yammāni 		الْيَمَّانِ
al-yammāni 		يَمَّا
yammā
Accusative يَمَّيْنِ
yammayni 		الْيَمَّيْنِ
al-yammayni 		يَمَّيْ
yammay
Genitive يَمَّيْنِ
yammayni 		الْيَمَّيْنِ
al-yammayni 		يَمَّيْ
yammay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal يُمُوم
yumūm 		الْيُمُوم
al-yumūm 		يُمُوم
yumūm
Nominative يُمُومٌ
yumūmun 		الْيُمُومُ
al-yumūmu 		يُمُومُ
yumūmu
Accusative يُمُومًا
yumūman 		الْيُمُومَ
al-yumūma 		يُمُومَ
yumūma
Genitive يُمُومٍ
yumūmin 		الْيُمُومِ
al-yumūmi 		يُمُومِ
yumūmi

Descendants

  • → Beja: yam
  • → Persian: یم (yam)

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 231
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 293
  • Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 191
  • Siddiqi, Abdussattar (1919) Studien über die Persischen Fremdwörter im klassischen Arabisch (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 13

Beja

Noun

يَم (yam)

  1. Arabic spelling of yam

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَنْب (janb).

Pronunciation

Preposition

يم • (yəm)

  1. beside
    وين صاير بيتكم؟
    يم الجمعية.
    – wen sˤajɪɾ bʲɛːtkʊm?
    – jəm ɪl-dʒəmʕijjə.
    – Where is your house located?
    – Beside the supermarket.

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَنْبْ (janb).

Pronunciation

Preposition

يم (yam)

  1. next to, beside

Pashto

Pronunciation

Verb

يم • (yëm) (simple past وم)

  1. (I) am.
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