See م in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"𐢓",
"𐢓#Aramaic"
],
[
"𐤌",
"𐤌#Phoenician"
],
[
"𓈖",
"𓈖#Egyptian"
],
[
"ܡ",
"ܡ#Classical_Syriac"
],
[
"מ",
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],
[
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],
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},
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]
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{
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[
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[
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"ن#Arabic"
]
],
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]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "See also: ص (ṣ)"
}
],
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],
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[
"p.m.",
"p.m."
],
[
"noon",
"noon"
],
[
"مساء",
"مساء#Arabic"
]
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"𐢓#Aramaic"
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"𐤌",
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],
[
"𓈖",
"𓈖#Egyptian"
],
[
"ܡ",
"ܡ#Classical_Syriac"
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[
"מ",
"מ#Hebrew"
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"symbol",
"symbol"
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[
"alphabet",
"alphabet"
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[
"ل",
"ل#Arabic"
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[
"ن",
"ن#Arabic"
]
]
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/m-"
],
[
"*-m-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/-m-"
],
[
"m-",
"m-#Egyptian"
],
[
"مَا",
"ما#Arabic"
],
[
"מה",
"מה#Hebrew"
],
[
"مَن",
"من#Arabic"
],
[
"מי",
"מי#Hebrew"
],
[
"مُدَرِّس",
"مدرس#Arabic"
],
[
"يُدَرِّس",
"يدرس#Arabic"
],
[
"مَكْتُوب",
"مكتوب#Arabic"
],
[
"כתוב",
"כתוב#Hebrew"
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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},
{
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"source": "w+disamb"
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],
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{
"text": "خَبَزَ (ḵabaza, “to bake”) → مَخْبِز (maḵbiz, “bakery”, literally “place of making bread”)"
},
{
"text": "دَرَسَ (darasa, “to study”) → مَدْرَسَة (madrasa, “school”, literally “place of studying”)"
}
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"*m-",
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[
"*-m-",
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[
"m-",
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],
[
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],
[
"מה",
"מה#Hebrew"
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[
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[
"מי",
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],
[
"مُدَرِّس",
"مدرس#Arabic"
],
[
"يُدَرِّس",
"يدرس#Arabic"
],
[
"مَكْتُوب",
"مكتوب#Arabic"
],
[
"כתוב",
"כתוב#Hebrew"
]
],
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},
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},
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"args": {
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"tr": "kāṯūḇ"
},
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}
],
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]
}
],
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}
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{
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}
],
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{
"text": "فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open”) → مِفْتَاح (miftāḥ, “key”, literally “instrument for opening”)"
},
{
"text": "وَزَنَ (wazana, “to weigh”) → مِيزَان (mīzān, “scales”, literally “instrument of weighing”)"
}
],
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"a prefix used to create instrument nouns"
],
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]
}
],
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}
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[
"*m-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/m-"
],
[
"*-m-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/-m-"
],
[
"m-",
"m-#Egyptian"
],
[
"مَا",
"ما#Arabic"
],
[
"מה",
"מה#Hebrew"
],
[
"مَن",
"من#Arabic"
],
[
"מי",
"מי#Hebrew"
],
[
"مُدَرِّس",
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],
[
"يُدَرِّس",
"يدرس#Arabic"
],
[
"مَكْتُوب",
"مكتوب#Arabic"
],
[
"כתוב",
"כתוב#Hebrew"
]
],
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}
],
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"form": "مُـ",
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}
],
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{
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{
"_dis": "0 35 2 16 3 11 33",
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{
"_dis": "0 13 7 19 22 15 23",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "دَرَّسَ (darrasa, “to teach”) → مُدَرِّسٌ (mudarrisun, “teacher”)"
},
{
"text": "اِسْتَشْفَى (istašfā, “to seek a cure”) → مُسْتَشْفًى (mustašfan, “hospital”, literally “place where cure is sought”)"
}
],
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],
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"Arabic adverbs",
"Arabic entries with etymon",
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],
"etymology_links": [
[
"مِيلَادِيّ",
"ميلادي#Arabic"
]
],
"etymology_number": "3",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"id": "A.D."
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Abbreviation of مِيلَادِيّ (mīlādiyy).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "adverb"
},
"expansion": "م • (m)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"AD"
],
"links": [
[
"AD",
"AD"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "م"
}
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