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Noun [Hebrew]

IPA: /ˈmajm/ [Biblical-Hebrew], /mem/ [ˈmem] (note: Samaritan Hebrew), /ˈma.jim/ [ˈmaː.jim] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /ˈma.jim/ [ˈmæː.jim] [Yemenite-Hebrew], /ˈma.jim/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ˈma.jim/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ˈma.jim/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: מַיִם [canonical], máyim [romanization], מֵי־ [construct, plural], form מָיִם [Biblical-Hebrew, pausal]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *māy-. Compare Aramaic מַיָּא (mayyā), Arabic مَاء (māʔ). Doublet of מ״ם (“מ”). Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|מ־י־ם}}, {{inh|he|sem-pro|*māy-}} Proto-Semitic *māy-, {{cog|arc|מַיָּא|tr=mayyā}} Aramaic מַיָּא (mayyā), {{cog|ar|مَاء}} Arabic مَاء (māʔ), {{dbt|he|מ״ם|t1=מ}} Doublet of מ״ם (“מ”) Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m-p|pausalwv=מָיִם|plcons=מֵי|tr=máyim|wv=מַיִם}} מַיִם • (máyim) m pl (plural construct מֵי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form מָיִם)
  1. (plural only) (uncountable) water Tags: plural, plural-only Derived forms: 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)

Noun [Yiddish]

IPA: /mim/ Forms: mim [romanization], mimen [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English meme. Etymology templates: {{bor+|yi|en|meme}} Borrowed from English meme Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} מים • (mim) m, {{yi-noun|g=m|pl=en}} מים • (mim) m, plural מימען (mimen)
  1. (neologism, Internet) meme Tags: Internet, neologism Related terms (meme (unit of cultural information)): מעמע (english: meme) [feminine]
    Sense id: en-מים-yi-noun-ooqcpj6E Categories (other): Yiddish neologisms, Internet, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Yiddish terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 93 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Yiddish]

IPA: /ˈmajɪm/, /ˈmaɪ̯əm/ Forms: mayim [romanization], mayem [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מים (máyim). Etymology templates: {{bor+|yi|he|מים|tr=máyim}} Borrowed from Hebrew מים (máyim) Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=mayim, mayem}} מים • (mayim, mayem) n, {{yi-noun|g=n|tr=mayim, mayem}} מים • (mayim, mayem) n
  1. water Synonyms: וואַסער
    Sense id: en-מים-yi-noun-D0FoSQ44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "מים",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mayem"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: מים (mayem)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: מים (mayem)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "majem",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: majem",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: majem"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
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        "2": "sem-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
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      "expansion": "Aramaic מַיָּא (mayyā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "مَاء"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "מ״ם",
        "t1": "מ"
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "construct",
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        "Biblical-Hebrew",
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      ]
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 16 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 13 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "roman": "bor máyim",
          "word": "בּוֹר מַיִם"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kadurmáyim",
          "word": "כַּדּוּרְמַיִם"
        },
        {
          "word": "מַפַּל מַיִם"
        },
        {
          "word": "מֵי גְּבִינָה"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mé chatát",
          "word": "מֵי חַטָּאת"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mé chamtsán",
          "word": "מֵי חַמְצָן"
        },
        {
          "roman": "meymí",
          "word": "מֵימִי"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mé nidá",
          "word": "מֵי נִדָּה"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mé pé",
          "word": "מֵי פֶּה"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mé ragláyim",
          "word": "מֵי רַגְלַיִם"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(uncountable) water"
      ],
      "id": "en-מים-he-noun-KWSt58Ho",
      "links": [
        [
          "water",
          "water#English:_Q283"
        ]
      ],
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        "(plural only) (uncountable) water"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mem/ [ˈmem]",
      "note": "Samaritan Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.jim/ [ˈmaː.jim]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.jim/ [ˈmæː.jim]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.jim/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.jim/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.jim/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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        "1": "yi",
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      "expansion": "Borrowed from English meme",
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  ],
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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        "pl": "en"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish neologisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "orig": "yi:Internet",
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          "source": "w"
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          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "Internet",
          "Internet"
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          "meme",
          "meme"
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          "sense": "meme (unit of cultural information)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מעמע"
        }
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        "Internet",
        "neologism"
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      "ipa": "/mim/"
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        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "מים",
        "tr": "máyim"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hebrew מים (máyim).",
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    {
      "form": "mayim",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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        "romanization"
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
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          "water"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "וואַסער"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmajɪm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaɪ̯əm/"
    }
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}
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    "Pages with entries"
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    {
      "roman": "bor máyim",
      "word": "בּוֹר מַיִם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kadurmáyim",
      "word": "כַּדּוּרְמַיִם"
    },
    {
      "word": "מַפַּל מַיִם"
    },
    {
      "word": "מֵי גְּבִינָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mé chatát",
      "word": "מֵי חַטָּאת"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mé chamtsán",
      "word": "מֵי חַמְצָן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "meymí",
      "word": "מֵימִי"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mé nidá",
      "word": "מֵי נִדָּה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mé pé",
      "word": "מֵי פֶּה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mé ragláyim",
      "word": "מֵי רַגְלַיִם"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "מים",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mayem"
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          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: מים (mayem)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: מים (mayem)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "majem",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: majem",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: majem"
    }
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        "1": "מ־י־ם"
      },
      "expansion": "",
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      "form": "מַיִם",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máyim",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "form מָיִם",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew",
        "pausal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "plcons": "מֵי",
        "tr": "máyim",
        "wv": "מַיִם"
      },
      "expansion": "מַיִם • (máyim) m pl (plural construct מֵי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form מָיִם)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hebrew lemmas",
        "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
        "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Hebrew masculine nouns",
        "Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
        "Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
        "Hebrew nouns",
        "Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים",
        "Hebrew palindromes",
        "Hebrew pluralia tantum",
        "Hebrew terms belonging to the root מ־י־ם",
        "Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
        "Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
        "Hebrew uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(uncountable) water"
      ],
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          "water",
          "water#English:_Q283"
        ]
      ],
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        "(plural only) (uncountable) water"
      ],
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        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈmajm/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mem/ [ˈmem]",
      "note": "Samaritan Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.jim/ [ˈmaː.jim]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.jim/ [ˈmæː.jim]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.jim/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.jim/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.jim/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "מים"
}

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    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish masculine nouns",
    "Yiddish neuter nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish palindromes",
    "Yiddish terms borrowed from English",
    "Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms derived from English",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Yiddish terms with redundant script codes"
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        "2": "en",
        "3": "meme"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English meme",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English meme.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mim",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mimen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "מים • (mim) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "מים • (mim) m, plural מימען (mimen)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "meme",
      "sense": "meme (unit of cultural information)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מעמע"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yiddish neologisms",
        "yi:Internet"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meme"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "meme",
          "meme"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(neologism, Internet) meme"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "neologism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mim/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "מים"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish neuter nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish palindromes",
    "Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "מים",
        "tr": "máyim"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Hebrew מים (máyim)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hebrew מים (máyim).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mayim",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mayem",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "mayim, mayem"
      },
      "expansion": "מים • (mayim, mayem) n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "tr": "mayim, mayem"
      },
      "expansion": "מים • (mayim, mayem) n",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "water"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "וואַסער"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmajɪm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaɪ̯əm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "מים"
}

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