ميم

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːm/

Etymology 1

From Phoenician 𐤌‬𐤌 (m‬m‬ /⁠mēm⁠/). Doublet of ماء (māʔ).

Noun

مِيم • (mīm) f (plural مِيمَات (mīmāt))

1. Name of the 24th letter of the Arabic alphabet (م / ‍م), representing the sound /m/.
2. (linguistics) mimation

Declension

Declension of noun مِيم (mīm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِيم mīm	الْمِيم al-mīm	مِيم mīm
Nominative	مِيمٌ mīmun	الْمِيمُ al-mīmu	مِيمُ mīmu
Accusative	مِيمًا mīman	الْمِيمَ al-mīma	مِيمَ mīma
Genitive	مِيمٍ mīmin	الْمِيمِ al-mīmi	مِيمِ mīmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِيمَيْن mīmayn	الْمِيمَيْن al-mīmayn	مِيمَيْ mīmay
Nominative	مِيمَانِ mīmāni	الْمِيمَانِ al-mīmāni	مِيمَا mīmā
Accusative	مِيمَيْنِ mīmayni	الْمِيمَيْنِ al-mīmayni	مِيمَيْ mīmay
Genitive	مِيمَيْنِ mīmayni	الْمِيمَيْنِ al-mīmayni	مِيمَيْ mīmay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِيمَات mīmāt	الْمِيمَات al-mīmāt	مِيمَات mīmāt
Nominative	مِيمَاتٌ mīmātun	الْمِيمَاتُ al-mīmātu	مِيمَاتُ mīmātu
Accusative	مِيمَاتٍ mīmātin	الْمِيمَاتِ al-mīmāti	مِيمَاتِ mīmāti
Genitive	مِيمَاتٍ mīmātin	الْمِيمَاتِ al-mīmāti	مِيمَاتِ mīmāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mim
• → Classical Persian: مِیم (mīm)
  • Iranian Persian: میم (mim)
  • Tajik: мим (mim)
• → Uzbek: mim

Etymology 2

English meme

Noun

مِيم • (mīm) f (plural مِيمَات (mīmāt))

1. meme