מים

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): /majm/

Noun

מַיִם • (máyim) m pl (plural construct מֵי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form מָיִם)

(plural only) water

Usage notes

The construct form מֵימֵי־ also occurs.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Yiddish: מים (mayem)
- → Dutch: majem

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

Borrowed from English meme.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mim/

Noun

מים • (mim) m, plural מימען (mimen)

(neologism, Internet) meme

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

IPA^(key): /ˈmajɪm/, /ˈmaɪ̯əm/

Noun

מים • (mayim, mayem) n

water
Synonym: וואַסער (vaser)

References

Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “מים”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN

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