يم

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
  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /jəm/

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
  • IPA(key): /jam/

Preposition

يم (yam)

  1. next to, beside

Pashto

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jəm/

Verb

يم • (yëm) (simple past وم)

  1. (I) am.
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