Arabic word sheet
يَمٌّ
Sea
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ي م م
Meaning and usage
Sea
The sea, a vast stretch of salt water. A word of the elevated style.
نَظَرَ الطِّفْلُ إِلَى الْيَمِّ مِنَ الشَّاطِئِ.
The child looked at the sea from the shore.
Great river
Also said of a great river of fresh water, such as the Nile.
عَبَرَ الْمُسَافِرُ الْيَمَّ فِي قَارِبٍ.
The traveller crossed the great river in a boat.
Word family
What the root means ي م م
The dictionary reports that some held this word to be a loan from Syriac taken into Arabic; it gives it no root idea of its own. From it the dictionary draws only being thrown into the sea or covered by it.
thrown into the sea, drowned
مَيْمُومٌ
Synonyms
sea
It is the ordinary word for the sea, whereas the headword is rare and literary, and may also name a great river.