ym

See also: Ym, ym., and ym-

Translingual

Symbol

ym

  1. (metrology) Symbol for yoctometer (yoctometre), an SI unit of length equal to 1024 meters (metres).

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Inflection

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Demotic: ym

References

  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, 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
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