מאה

Hebrew
Hebrew numbers (edit)
1,000
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10
    Cardinal: מאה (me'á)
    Ordinal: מאי‎ (me'i)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *miʾat-.

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

See also
  • חמש מאות‎ (khaméš meót, “five hundred”)
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