ym
Translingual
Symbol
ym
- (metrology) Symbol for yoctometer (yoctometre), an SI unit of length equal to 10−24 meters (metres).
Egyptian
Etymology
Borrowed from Northwest Semitic. Compare Hebrew יָם (yām) and cognates listed therein.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iːm/
- Conventional anglicization: ym
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
does double duty in some writings of this word, serving simultaneously as a determinative and as a phonetic mw.
Inflection
Declension of ym (masculine)
singular | ym |
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dual | ymwj |
plural | ymw |
Alternative forms
Descendants
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
Middle English
Welsh
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