م

[The twenty-fourth letter of the alphabet; called

مِيمٌ. It is one of the letters termed مَجْهُورَة, or vocal, and of those termed شَفَهِيَّة or labial: it is a letter of augmentation.

A2: As a numeral, it denotes forty.]

ما See Supplement مأ

R. Q. 1 مَأْمَأَتْ She (a ewe or she-goat or a gazelle) uttered continuously the cry مِئْ مِئْ, (K,) or (accord. to the Tes-heel) ماَءإ مَآءِ: [and this is confirmed by a verse which I have cited voce تَخَوَّنَ:] (MF:) thus written in his Háshiyeh. (TA.)