The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

myyn, myˀ (mayyīn, mayyā) n.m.pl. water

LJLA occas.vars. מאין , (Hebraizing) pl. const.מימי ; Syr. w. 3ms. suffix ܡܲܘ̈ܗܝ ; Mand. occas. the modern formmaina, though some exs. might better be assigned to mˁyn "spring".

1 water Com. AphDem10.199:2 : ܘܠܐ ܓܝܙܝܢ ܡܘ̈ܗܝ its waters do not dissipate. BT Ber 39a(42) : מיא דליפתא כליפתא a broth of all boiled down (vegetables). BT Ber 59a(24) : תרי ענני דשפכין מיא להדדי two clouds which pour out water [i.e. rain] into each other.

2 semen Syr. P Is48:1var : ܡܢ ܡܝܢܐ/ܡܝ̈ܐ/ ܕܝܗܘܕܐ ܢܦܩܘ .

3 juice Syr.

4 in collocations meaning liquid or juice of ... (a) + body ܡܲܝ̈ ܦܲܓܪܵܐ : urine Syr. (a.1) w. ܟܢܫ : see s.v. knyš Syr. (b) + feet (as euph. for genitals) ܡܲܝ̈ ܪܸ̈ܓܠܸܐ : urine Syr. (c) + salt ܡܲܝ̈ ܡܸܠܚܵܐ : garum (fish sauce) Syr. (c.1) + fish : fish brine JBA. (d) + ashes ܡܲܝ̈ ܩܸܛܡܵܐ : a) lye-ash; b) oil-of-myrrh Syr. (d.1) + soap ܡܲܝ ܣܦܘܢܪ̈ܐ : lye(?), cinerea(?) Syr. DuvB2 50:8 ; . (e) + vitriol ܡܲܝ ܚܪܬܐ, ܡܲܝܝܵܐ ܕܚܪܬܐ : ink Syr. (f) +eggs : egg whites Syr, JBA. BT Ḥul 97b(39) ; . (g) + bran : bran solution JBA. (h) + slq : an alcoholic brew made with beet-root Syr, JBA. BT Yom 76a(45) ; . (i) + דקרנינא : (?) JBAg. (j) +זריון flax water/wine JBA. (k) + metals : amalgam of mercury with a metal Syr. Chimie 47 [see STS 191] ; . (l) ܕܟܦܣܢܝܬܐ : menstrual fluid Syr. P Is30:22 : ܘܬܕܪܘܢ ܐܢܘܢ ܐܝܟ ܡ̈ܝܐ ܕܟܦܣܢܝܬܐ and scatter them like menstrual fluid.

Treated grammatically as a plural collective.
In Iranian may is "wine;" hence it is impossible to determine if a given usage for alcoholic beverage is purely semitic, mixed, or purely Iranian.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 750[383]; DJPA: 304a; DJBA: 662a; Jastrow: 772; Drower/Macuch: 242a, 265a; Payne-Smith: ~2083; J. Payne-Smith: 268; Levy Ch-W: 2:30; Tal Sam: 465; DNWSI: 620; DCPA[Schulthess]: 220[109]; BarBahlul: 1066:14; 1066:15; 223:15; 1076:24; 1328:23;

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Derivatives:

ˀygˀ dmyˀ (ˀīgā dmayyā) n.m. stream

ˀšd myˀ (ˀāšeḏ mayyā) n.m. Aquarius

byt myˀ (bēṯ mayyā) n.m. latrine

byt myyn, byt myˀ n.m. rain run-off or watercourse

byt ˁbwry myˀ n.m. watercourse

bqlˀ dmyˀ (bq:lˀ dmay:ā) n.m.pl. a plant name

ḥmrˀ dmyˀ, ḥmrˀ dymˀ (ḥmārā dmayyā) n.m. name of fish

ṭry, ṭryˀ n.m. my ṭry : ink (??)

kytn dmyy n.m. river weed

knyš (kǝnīš) n.m. assembly

knyšh, knyštˀ (kǝnīšā, kǝnīštā) v.n. assembling

by knyšh, by knyštˀ (*bēḵenšā, bēḵneštā) n.m. synagogue

byt knyšh, byt knyštˀ n.m. synagogue

br knyšth n.f. member of the assembly

rˀš knyštˀ n.m. head of the synagogue

ryš knyšh n.f. archisynagogos

knyšw, knyšwtˀ (kǝnīšū, kǝnīšūṯā) n.f. collection

ryš knyšˀ n.m. head of the synagogue

mhy vb. to boil

mhy (mahhāy) adj. watery

mhyw, mhywtˀ (mahhāyū, mahhāyūṯā) n.f. wateriness, languor

mhy (mhāy) adj. weakened

myˀ bḥryn (may:āˀ bāḥr:eˀ) n.m. water for testing

myˀ msqˀ (mayyā masqē) n.m. sea water (??)

myy (mayyāy) adj. watery

mynw, mynwtˀ (mayyānū, mayyānūṯā) n.f. watery nature

myny (mayyānāy) adj. watery

mynyw, mynywtˀ (mayyānāyū, mayyānāyūṯā) n.f. watery nature

mytynˀ dmyˀ (maytyānā dmayyā) n.m. aqueduct

ˁny myyn n.m. water rights

šbqˀ dmyˀ (šāḇqē dmayyā) n.m.pl. streams

šdyˀ dmyˀ (šād̠yā dmayyā) n.m. aqueduct

šygrˀ dmyˀ (šīḡrā dǝmayyā) n.m. watercourse