مَيّ
mayy
Noun
Meaning
water
Usage
The Lebanese Arabic word for 'water,' replacing MSA مَاء. مَيّ is used universally in spoken Lebanese. Often heard in restaurants: قَنِّينِة مَيّ ('a bottle of water').
Morphology
Genderfeminine
Examples
هَالْبَيْت عُمْرُه مِيّ سَنَة.
This house is 100 years old.
شْرَاب مَيّ، الطَّقِس كْتِير حَرّ!
Drink water, the weather is very hot!
الْوْلَاد عَطْشَانِين، بَدُّن مَيّ.
The kids are thirsty, they want water.
Root
م و ه
