ܡܝܡ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology 1
Ultimately derived from Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm, literally “water”) through Classical Syriac; compare Hebrew מֵם (mém), Arabic مِيم (mīm) and Ancient Greek μῦ (mû). Doublet of ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ (mayyā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [miːm.]
Noun
ܡܝܼܡ • (mīm) f
- Mem (the thirteenth letter of the Assyrian alphabet and Syriac script)
Usage notes
- Mīm represents the number forty in the native numbering system (usually used for ordinal numbers, book publishing data or biblical references).
- When a mṭalqānā is placed above (ܡ݇), it means 40,000.
Coordinate terms
- (symbol) ܡ
Assyrian alphabetedit
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English meme, see further there.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [miːm]
Noun
ܡܝܼܡ • (mīm) m (plural ܡܝܼ̈ܡܹܐ (mīmē) or ܡܝܼ̈ܡܵܬ݂ܵܐ (mīmāṯā))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܡܝܼܡ (mīm) | 1st person | ܡܝܼܡܝܼ (mīmī) | ܡܝܼܡܲܢ (mīman) | |||
| construct | ܡܝܼܡ (mīm) | 2nd person | ܡܝܼܡܘܼܟ݂ (mīmōḵ) | ܡܝܼܡܵܟ݂ܝ (mīmāḵ) | ܡܝܼܡܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mīmawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܝܼܡ (mīm) | 3rd person | ܡܝܼܡܹܗ (mīmēh) | ܡܝܼܡܵܗ̇ (mīmāh) | ܡܝܼܡܗܘܿܢ (mīmhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܡܝܼܡܝܼ̈ܢ (mīmīn) | 1st person | ܡܝܼܡܝܼ̈ (mīmī) | ܡܝܼܡܲܢ̈ (mīman) | |||
| construct | ܡܝܼܡܲܝ̈ (mīmay) | 2nd person | ܡܝܼܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (mīmōḵ) | ܡܝܼܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (mīmāḵ) | ܡܝܼܡܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (mīmawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܡܝܼܡܹ̈ܐ (mīmē) | 3rd person | ܡܝܼܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (mīmūh) | ܡܝܼܡܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (mīmōh) | ܡܝܼܡܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (mīmayhōn) | |||