ym – Wiktionary

Translingual

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Symbol

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ym

1. (

   metrology

   )

   Symbol for

   yoctometer

   (

   yoctometre

   )

   , an SI unit of length equal to 10−24 meters

   (

   metres

   )

   .

Egyptian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Northwest Semitic. Compare Hebrew יָם‎ (yām) and cognates listed therein.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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 m

Usage notes

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Most commonly used in reference to the Mediterranean Sea, but also applied to Lake Moeris and other smaller bodies of water.

does double duty in some writings of this word, serving simultaneously as a mw.

The glyphdoes double duty in some writings of this word, serving simultaneously as a determinative and as a phonetic

Inflection

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Declension of ym (masculine)

singular

ym

dual
ymwj
plural
ymw

Alternative forms

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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ym  

ym
ymw
ywm
ym
ywm
ynm
ymw
ym

Descendants

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• Demotic: ym
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲓⲁⲙ

    (

    iam

    )

  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲟⲙ

    (

    iom

    )

    • →

      ⇒

      Arabic: الفَيُّوم

      (

      al-fayyūm

      )

      • →

        English: FayumFaiyumFayyum

  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲓⲁⲙ

    (

    iam

    )

  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲟⲙ

    (

    eiom

    )

References

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Icelandic

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Verb

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ym (weak)

Middle English

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Pronoun

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ym

1. him

   (

   “

   him

   ”

   )

   Alternative form of

Welsh

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Preposition

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ym

1. Form of yn used before bilabials.

   ym Mhontypridd

   in Pontypridd