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): /ˈmajim/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maɪm/

Noun

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

1. (plural only) (uncountable) water

Usage notes

• The construct form מֵימֵי־ also occurs.

Derived terms

• בּוֹר מַיִם (bor máyim)
• כַּדּוּרְמַיִם (kadurmáyim)
• מַפַּל מַיִם
• מֵי גְּבִינָה
• מֵי חַטָּאת (mé chatát)
• מֵי חַמְצָן (mé chamtsán)
• מֵימִי (meymí)
• מֵי נִדָּה (mé nidá)
• מֵי פֶּה (mé pé)
• מֵי רַגְלַיִם (mé ragláyim)

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)

1. (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

1. water

   Synonym: וואַסער (vaser)

References

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