ميت

Arabic

Root
م و ت (m w t)
14 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maj.jit/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

مَيِّت • (mayyit) (feminine مَيِّتَة (mayyita), masculine plural مَيِّتُونَ (mayyitūna) or أَمْوَات (ʔamwāt) or مَوْتَى (mawtā), feminine plural مَيِّتَات (mayyitāt))

  1. dead
  2. active participle of مَاتَ (māta): subject to death; dying; mortal
    Synonym: مَائِت (māʔit)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 39:30:
      إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ مَيِّتُونَ
      ʔinnaka mayyitun waʔinnahum mayyitūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of adjective مَيِّت (mayyit)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَيِّت
mayyit 		الْمَيِّت
al-mayyit 		مَيِّتَة
mayyita 		الْمَيِّتَة
al-mayyita
nominative مَيِّتٌ
mayyitun 		الْمَيِّتُ
al-mayyitu 		مَيِّتَةٌ
mayyitatun 		الْمَيِّتَةُ
al-mayyitatu
accusative مَيِّتًا
mayyitan 		الْمَيِّتَ
al-mayyita 		مَيِّتَةً
mayyitatan 		الْمَيِّتَةَ
al-mayyitata
genitive مَيِّتٍ
mayyitin 		الْمَيِّتِ
al-mayyiti 		مَيِّتَةٍ
mayyitatin 		الْمَيِّتَةِ
al-mayyitati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَيِّتَيْن
mayyitayn 		الْمَيِّتَيْن
al-mayyitayn 		مَيِّتَتَيْن
mayyitatayn 		الْمَيِّتَتَيْن
al-mayyitatayn
nominative مَيِّتَانِ
mayyitāni 		الْمَيِّتَانِ
al-mayyitāni 		مَيِّتَتَانِ
mayyitatāni 		الْمَيِّتَتَانِ
al-mayyitatāni
accusative مَيِّتَيْنِ
mayyitayni 		الْمَيِّتَيْنِ
al-mayyitayni 		مَيِّتَتَيْنِ
mayyitatayni 		الْمَيِّتَتَيْنِ
al-mayyitatayni
genitive مَيِّتَيْنِ
mayyitayni 		الْمَيِّتَيْنِ
al-mayyitayni 		مَيِّتَتَيْنِ
mayyitatayni 		الْمَيِّتَتَيْنِ
al-mayyitatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural‎;
basic broken plural triptote‎;
broken plural invariable 		sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَيِّتِين‎; أَمْوَات‎; مَوْتَى
mayyitīn‎; ʔamwāt‎; mawtā 		الْمَيِّتِين‎; الْأَمْوَات‎; الْمَوْتَى
al-mayyitīn‎; al-ʔamwāt‎; al-mawtā 		مَيِّتَات
mayyitāt 		الْمَيِّتَات
al-mayyitāt
nominative مَيِّتُونَ‎; أَمْوَاتٌ‎; مَوْتَى
mayyitūna‎; ʔamwātun‎; mawtā 		الْمَيِّتُونَ‎; الْأَمْوَاتُ‎; الْمَوْتَى
al-mayyitūna‎; al-ʔamwātu‎; al-mawtā 		مَيِّتَاتٌ
mayyitātun 		الْمَيِّتَاتُ
al-mayyitātu
accusative مَيِّتِينَ‎; أَمْوَاتًا‎; مَوْتَى
mayyitīna‎; ʔamwātan‎; mawtā 		الْمَيِّتِينَ‎; الْأَمْوَاتَ‎; الْمَوْتَى
al-mayyitīna‎; al-ʔamwāta‎; al-mawtā 		مَيِّتَاتٍ
mayyitātin 		الْمَيِّتَاتِ
al-mayyitāti
genitive مَيِّتِينَ‎; أَمْوَاتٍ‎; مَوْتَى
mayyitīna‎; ʔamwātin‎; mawtā 		الْمَيِّتِينَ‎; الْأَمْوَاتِ‎; الْمَوْتَى
al-mayyitīna‎; al-ʔamwāti‎; al-mawtā 		مَيِّتَاتٍ
mayyitātin 		الْمَيِّتَاتِ
al-mayyitāti

Descendants

  • Maltese: mejjet
  • → Azerbaijani: meyit
  • → Bashkir: мәйет (məyet)
  • → Bengali: মইয়ত (moiẏot)
  • → Chinese: 埋體 / 埋体 (máitǐ)
  • → Kazakh: мәйіт (mäiıt)
  • → Northern Kurdish: meyit
  • → Malayalam: മയ്യത്ത് (mayyattŭ)
  • → Malay: mayat
  • → Ottoman Turkish: میت
  • → Somali: miyid
  • → Swahili: maiti
  • → Tarifit: řmeyyet
  • → Tajik: майит (mayyit)
  • → Tatar: мәет (mäyet)
  • → Turkmen: meýit
  • → Uyghur: مېيىت (mëyit)
  • → Uzbek: mayyit
  • → Zazaki: meyit

Adjective

مَيْت • (mayt) (feminine مَيْتَة (mayta), masculine plural مَيْتُونَ (maytūna) or أَمْوَات (ʔamwāt) or مَوْتَى (mawtā), feminine plural مَيْتَات (maytāt))

  1. dead
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:12:
      يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ٱجْتَنِبُوا كَثِيرًا مِنَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِثْمٌ وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا وَلَا يَغْتَب بَعْضُكُم بَعْضًا أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ وَٱتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ رَحِيمٌ
      yā ʔayyuhā llaḏīna ʔāmanū jtanibū kaṯīran mina ẓ-ẓanni ʔinna baʕḍa ẓ-ẓanni ʔiṯmun walā tajassasū walā yaḡtab baʕḍukum baʕḍan ʔayuḥibbu ʔaḥadukum ʔan yaʔkula laḥma ʔaḵīhi maytan fakarihtumūhu wattaqū l-laha ʔinna l-laha tawwābun raḥīmun
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. active participle of مَاتَ (māta): subject to death; dying; mortal

Declension

Declension of adjective مَيْت (mayt)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَيْت
mayt 		الْمَيْت
al-mayt 		مَيْتَة
mayta 		الْمَيْتَة
al-mayta
nominative مَيْتٌ
maytun 		الْمَيْتُ
al-maytu 		مَيْتَةٌ
maytatun 		الْمَيْتَةُ
al-maytatu
accusative مَيْتًا
maytan 		الْمَيْتَ
al-mayta 		مَيْتَةً
maytatan 		الْمَيْتَةَ
al-maytata
genitive مَيْتٍ
maytin 		الْمَيْتِ
al-mayti 		مَيْتَةٍ
maytatin 		الْمَيْتَةِ
al-maytati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَيْتَيْن
maytayn 		الْمَيْتَيْن
al-maytayn 		مَيْتَتَيْن
maytatayn 		الْمَيْتَتَيْن
al-maytatayn
nominative مَيْتَانِ
maytāni 		الْمَيْتَانِ
al-maytāni 		مَيْتَتَانِ
maytatāni 		الْمَيْتَتَانِ
al-maytatāni
accusative مَيْتَيْنِ
maytayni 		الْمَيْتَيْنِ
al-maytayni 		مَيْتَتَيْنِ
maytatayni 		الْمَيْتَتَيْنِ
al-maytatayni
genitive مَيْتَيْنِ
maytayni 		الْمَيْتَيْنِ
al-maytayni 		مَيْتَتَيْنِ
maytatayni 		الْمَيْتَتَيْنِ
al-maytatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural‎;
basic broken plural triptote‎;
broken plural invariable 		sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَيْتِين‎; أَمْوَات‎; مَوْتَى
maytīn‎; ʔamwāt‎; mawtā 		الْمَيْتِين‎; الْأَمْوَات‎; الْمَوْتَى
al-maytīn‎; al-ʔamwāt‎; al-mawtā 		مَيْتَات
maytāt 		الْمَيْتَات
al-maytāt
nominative مَيْتُونَ‎; أَمْوَاتٌ‎; مَوْتَى
maytūna‎; ʔamwātun‎; mawtā 		الْمَيْتُونَ‎; الْأَمْوَاتُ‎; الْمَوْتَى
al-maytūna‎; al-ʔamwātu‎; al-mawtā 		مَيْتَاتٌ
maytātun 		الْمَيْتَاتُ
al-maytātu
accusative مَيْتِينَ‎; أَمْوَاتًا‎; مَوْتَى
maytīna‎; ʔamwātan‎; mawtā 		الْمَيْتِينَ‎; الْأَمْوَاتَ‎; الْمَوْتَى
al-maytīna‎; al-ʔamwāta‎; al-mawtā 		مَيْتَاتٍ
maytātin 		الْمَيْتَاتِ
al-maytāti
genitive مَيْتِينَ‎; أَمْوَاتٍ‎; مَوْتَى
maytīna‎; ʔamwātin‎; mawtā 		الْمَيْتِينَ‎; الْأَمْوَاتِ‎; الْمَوْتَى
al-maytīna‎; al-ʔamwāti‎; al-mawtā 		مَيْتَاتٍ
maytātin 		الْمَيْتَاتِ
al-maytāti

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “موت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Arabic مِئَة (miʔat, “hundred”, informal construct pronunciation).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miːt/, [miːt]

Adjective

ميت • (mīt)

  1. a hundred
See also
  • ميّة (miyya, “one-hundred”, noun)

Etymology 2

Root
م و ت
2 terms

Inherited from Arabic مَيِّت (mayyit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maj.jit/, [ˈmæjːet]

Adjective

ميّت • (mayyit) (plural ميّتين (mayyitīn), feminine ميّتة (mayyita))

  1. dead
  2. (idiomatic) idle, dormant; quiet

Moroccan Arabic

Root
م و ت
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَيِّت (mayyit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mij.jat/

Adjective

ميت • (miyyat) (feminine ميتة (miyyta), masculine plural ميتين (miyytīn), feminine plural ميتات (miyytāt))

  1. dead

Noun

ميت • (miyyat) m (plural موتى (mūta) or ميتين (miyytīn), feminine ميتة (miyyta))

  1. dead (person)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م و ت
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَيِّت (mayyit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mij.jit/, [mij.jɪt]
  • IPA(key): /maj.jit/, [maj.jɪt]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

ميّت • (miyyet, mayyet) (feminine ميتة (miyyte), common plural ميتين (miyytīn) or موتى (mawta) or أموات (ʔamwāt))

  1. dead
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