ميم

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːm/

Etymology 1

From Phoenician 𐤌‬𐤌 (m‬m‬ /⁠mēm⁠/). Doublet of ماء (māʔ).

Noun

مِيم • (mīm) f (plural مِيمَات (mīmāt))

1. Name of the 24th letter of the Arabic alphabet (م / ‍م), representing the sound /m/.
2. (linguistics) mimation

Declension

Declension of noun مِيم (mīm)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِيم mīm	الْمِيم al-mīm	مِيم mīm
nominative	مِيمٌ mīmun	الْمِيمُ al-mīmu	مِيمُ mīmu
accusative	مِيمًا mīman	الْمِيمَ al-mīma	مِيمَ mīma
genitive	مِيمٍ mīmin	الْمِيمِ al-mīmi	مِيمِ mīmi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِيمَيْن mīmayn	الْمِيمَيْن al-mīmayn	مِيمَيْ mīmay
nominative	مِيمَانِ mīmāni	الْمِيمَانِ al-mīmāni	مِيمَا mīmā
accusative	مِيمَيْنِ mīmayni	الْمِيمَيْنِ al-mīmayni	مِيمَيْ mīmay
genitive	مِيمَيْنِ mīmayni	الْمِيمَيْنِ al-mīmayni	مِيمَيْ mīmay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِيمَات mīmāt	الْمِيمَات al-mīmāt	مِيمَات mīmāt
nominative	مِيمَاتٌ mīmātun	الْمِيمَاتُ al-mīmātu	مِيمَاتُ mīmātu
accusative	مِيمَاتٍ mīmātin	الْمِيمَاتِ al-mīmāti	مِيمَاتِ mīmāti
genitive	مِيمَاتٍ mīmātin	الْمِيمَاتِ al-mīmāti	مِيمَاتِ mīmāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mim
• → Classical Persian: مِیم (mīm)
  • Iranian Persian: میم (mim)
  • Tajik: мим (mim)
• → Uzbek: mim

Etymology 2

English meme

Noun

مِيم • (mīm) f (plural مِيمَات (mīmāt))

1. meme