מאה

Hebrew

Hebrew numbers (edit)
1,000
 ←  10  ←  90 ק׳
100 		200  →  1,000  → 
10
    Cardinal: מאה (me'á)
    Ordinal: מאי (me'í)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *miʾat-.

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈme(ʔ)a/ (commonly)
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /meˈ(ʔ)a/ (properly)
  • Audio:(file)

Numeral

מֵאָה • (me'á) m or f (dual מאתיים / מָאתַיִם, plural מֵאוֹת)

  1. hundred, one hundred

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Yiddish: מאה (meye)

Noun

מֵאָה • (me'á) f (plural indefinite מֵאוֹת, singular construct מְאַת־, plural construct מְאוֹת־)

  1. century

Adjective

מֵאָה • (me'á)

  1. (colloquial) hundredth
    אתה הבן אדם המאה שאומר לי את זה היום
    atá haben-adám hame'á sheomér li et ze hayóm
    You're the hundredth person to tell me that today

See also

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