my-2

my-2

Definition: (exact root shape uncertain). Common Semitic noun *mā̌^ɔ-, *mā̌y-, water. a. mem, from Hebrew mēm, mem; b. mu, from Greek mū, patterned to rhyme with nū, nu (see nwn). Both a and b from Phoenician *mēm, water, thirteenth letter of the Phoenician alphabet, akin to Hebrew mayim, water.