يم

See also: یم, بم, تم, ثم, and نم

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from a Northwest Semitic language, most probably Aramaic ימא (yammā) or Hebrew יָם (yām).

Noun

يَمّ • (yamm) m (plural يُمُوم (yumūm))

1. open sea

   Synonym: بَحْر (baḥr)

   في الْيَمِّ فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُودِهِ فَغَشِيَهُمْ ما غَشِيَهُمْ

   "Then Pharaoh pursued them with his hosts, and they were overwhelmed by the sea that enshrouded them." (Quran 20:78, The Study Quran)

Declension

Declension of noun يَمّ (yamm)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	يَمّ yamm	الْيَمّ al-yamm	يَمّ yamm
nominative	يَمٌّ yammun	الْيَمُّ al-yammu	يَمُّ yammu
accusative	يَمًّا yamman	الْيَمَّ al-yamma	يَمَّ yamma
genitive	يَمٍّ yammin	الْيَمِّ al-yammi	يَمِّ yammi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	يَمَّيْن yammayn	الْيَمَّيْن al-yammayn	يَمَّيْ yammay
nominative	يَمَّانِ yammāni	الْيَمَّانِ al-yammāni	يَمَّا yammā
accusative	يَمَّيْنِ yammayni	الْيَمَّيْنِ al-yammayni	يَمَّيْ yammay
genitive	يَمَّيْنِ yammayni	الْيَمَّيْنِ al-yammayni	يَمَّيْ yammay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	يُمُوم yumūm	الْيُمُوم al-yumūm	يُمُوم yumūm
nominative	يُمُومٌ yumūmun	الْيُمُومُ al-yumūmu	يُمُومُ yumūmu
accusative	يُمُومًا yumūman	الْيُمُومَ al-yumūma	يُمُومَ yumūma
genitive	يُمُومٍ yumūmin	الْيُمُومِ al-yumūmi	يُمُومِ yumūmi

Descendants

• → Beja: yam
• → Persian: یم (yam)

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886), Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 231
• Jeffery, Arthur (1938), The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 293
• Kogan, Leonid (2011), “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 191
• Siddiqi, Abdussattar (1919), Studien über die Persischen Fremdwörter im klassischen Arabisch (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 13

Beja

Noun

يَم (yam)

1. Arabic spelling of yam

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَنْب (janb).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /jəm/

Preposition

يم • (yəm)

1. beside

   وين صاير بيتكم؟
   يم الجمعية.

   – wen sˤajɪɾ bʲɛːtkʊm?
   – jəm ɪl-dʒəmʕijjə.

   – Where is your house located?
   – Beside the supermarket.

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَنْبْ (janb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jam/

Preposition

يم (yam)

1. next to, beside

Pashto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jəm/

Verb

يم • (yëm) (simple past وم)

1. (I) am.