ماء

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *maʾ-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *maʾ-. reanalyzed in the plural as if from root م و ه (m-w-h).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːʔ/
  • (Morocco) مَاءٌ (māʾun)
    (file)

Noun

مَاء

مَاء (māʾ) m (dual مَاءَان (māʾān) or مَاوَان (māwān) or مَايَان (māyān), plural مِيَاه (miyāh) or أَمْوَاه (ʾamwāh))

  1. (uncountable) water
  2. (uncountable) liquid
  3. (uncountable) juice

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), موه”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Verb

مَاءَ (māʾa) I, non-past يَمُوءُ‎ (yamūʾu)

  1. to meow
Conjugation
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