מאי
Aramaic
Pronoun
מַאי • (transliteration needed)
Hebrew
Etymology 1
From German Mai, from Latin māius (“Maia's month”), from Maia, a Roman earth goddess, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *magya (“she who is great”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”).
Proper noun
מַאי • (may) m
- May (the fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June)
- a female given name
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronoun
מַאי • (may) m or f
- (formal) what
Etymology 3
| ← 10 | ק׳ 100 |
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| 10 | ||||
| Cardinal: מאה (me'á) Ordinal: מאי (me'í) | ||||
מֵאָה (me'á, “hundred”) + ־י (-i, forms adjectives from nouns).
Adjective
מֵאִי • (me'i) (feminine מֵאִית, masculine plural מֵאִיִּים, feminine plural מֵאִיּוֹת)
- (formal) hundredth
Synonyms
- מאה (me'á, mé'a)