See מים in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "majem"
}
],
"lang": "Yiddish",
"lang_code": "yi",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"roman": "mayem",
"word": "מים"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*māy-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/māy-"
],
[
"מַיָּא",
"מיא#Aramaic"
],
[
"مَاء",
"ماء#Arabic"
],
[
"מ״ם",
"מ״ם#Hebrew"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "מ־י־ם"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "he-rootbox"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "sem-pro",
"3": "*māy-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Semitic *māy-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "arc",
"2": "מַיָּא",
"tr": "mayyā"
},
"expansion": "Aramaic מַיָּא (mayyā)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "مَاء"
},
"expansion": "Arabic مَاء (māʔ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "מ״ם",
"t1": "מ"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of מ״ם (“מ”)",
"name": "dbt"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *māy-. Compare Aramaic מַיָּא (mayyā), Arabic مَاء (māʔ). Doublet of מ״ם (“מ”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "מַיִם",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "máyim",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "מֵי־",
"links": [
[
"מֵי־",
"מי"
]
],
"tags": [
"construct",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "form מָיִם",
"tags": [
"Biblical-Hebrew",
"pausal"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m-p",
"pausalwv": "מָיִם",
"plcons": "מֵי",
"tr": "máyim",
"wv": "מַיִם"
},
"expansion": "מַיִם • (máyim) m pl (plural construct מֵי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form מָיִם)",
"name": "he-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew nouns with plurals ending in ־יים",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew pluralia tantum",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root מ־י־ם",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "81 16 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "84 13 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "bor máyim",
"word": "בּוֹר מַיִם"
},
{
"roman": "balón máyim",
"word": "בָּלוֹן מַיִם"
},
{
"roman": "kadurmáyim",
"word": "כַּדּוּרְמַיִם"
},
{
"roman": "me g'viná",
"word": "מֵי גְּבִינָה"
},
{
"roman": "mé chatát",
"word": "מֵי חַטָּאת"
},
{
"roman": "mé chamtsán",
"word": "מֵי חַמְצָן"
},
{
"roman": "mé nidá",
"word": "מֵי נִדָּה"
},
{
"roman": "mé pé",
"word": "מֵי פֶּה"
},
{
"roman": "mé ragláyim",
"word": "מֵי רַגְלַיִם"
},
{
"roman": "meymí",
"word": "מֵימִי"
},
{
"roman": "mapál máyim",
"word": "מַפַּל מַיִם"
}
],
"glosses": [
"(uncountable) water"
],
"id": "en-מים-he-noun-KWSt58Ho",
"links": [
[
"water",
"water#English:_Q283"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(plural only) (uncountable) water"
],
"tags": [
"plural",
"plural-only"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmajm/",
"note": "reconstructed Biblical"
},
{
"ipa": "/mem/ [ˈmem]",
"note": "Samaritan"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈma.jim/ [ˈmaː.jim]",
"note": "Tiberian"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈma.jim/ [ˈmæː.jim]",
"note": "Yemenite"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈma.jim/",
"note": "Sephardi"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈma.jim/",
"note": "Ashkenazi"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈma.jim/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli"
]
}
],
"word": "מים"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "bor máyim",
"word": "בּוֹר מַיִם"
},
{
"roman": "balón máyim",
"word": "בָּלוֹן מַיִם"
},
{
"roman": "kadurmáyim",
"word": "כַּדּוּרְמַיִם"
},
{
"roman": "me g'viná",
"word": "מֵי גְּבִינָה"
},
{
"roman": "mé chatát",
"word": "מֵי חַטָּאת"
},
{
"roman": "mé chamtsán",
"word": "מֵי חַמְצָן"
},
{
"roman": "mé nidá",
"word": "מֵי נִדָּה"
},
{
"roman": "mé pé",
"word": "מֵי פֶּה"
},
{
"roman": "mé ragláyim",
"word": "מֵי רַגְלַיִם"
},
{
"roman": "meymí",
"word": "מֵימִי"
},
{
"roman": "mapál máyim",
"word": "מַפַּל מַיִם"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "majem"
}
],
"lang": "Yiddish",
"lang_code": "yi",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"roman": "mayem",
"word": "מים"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*māy-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/māy-"
],
[
"מַיָּא",
"מיא#Aramaic"
],
[
"مَاء",
"ماء#Arabic"
],
[
"מ״ם",
"מ״ם#Hebrew"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "מ־י־ם"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "he-rootbox"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "sem-pro",
"3": "*māy-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Semitic *māy-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "arc",
"2": "מַיָּא",
"tr": "mayyā"
},
"expansion": "Aramaic מַיָּא (mayyā)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "مَاء"
},
"expansion": "Arabic مَاء (māʔ)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "מ״ם",
"t1": "מ"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of מ״ם (“מ”)",
"name": "dbt"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *māy-. Compare Aramaic מַיָּא (mayyā), Arabic مَاء (māʔ). Doublet of מ״ם (“מ”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "מַיִם",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "máyim",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "מֵי־",
"links": [
[
"מֵי־",
"מי"
]
],
"tags": [
"construct",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "form מָיִם",
"tags": [
"Biblical-Hebrew",
"pausal"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m-p",
"pausalwv": "מָיִם",
"plcons": "מֵי",
"tr": "máyim",
"wv": "מַיִם"
},
"expansion": "מַיִם • (máyim) m pl (plural construct מֵי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form מָיִם)",
"name": "he-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew doublets",
"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
"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"
],
"links": [
[
"water",
"water#English:_Q283"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(plural only) (uncountable) water"
],
"tags": [
"plural",
"plural-only"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmajm/",
"note": "reconstructed Biblical"
},
{
"ipa": "/mem/ [ˈmem]",
"note": "Samaritan"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈma.jim/ [ˈmaː.jim]",
"note": "Tiberian"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈma.jim/ [ˈmæː.jim]",
"note": "Yemenite"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈma.jim/",
"note": "Sephardi"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈma.jim/",
"note": "Ashkenazi"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈma.jim/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli"
]
}
],
"word": "מים"
}
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