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מאי

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Aramaic

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Pronoun

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מַאי (transliteration needed)

  1. (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic) what, why

Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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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

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מַאי (maym

  1. May (the fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June)
  2. a female given name
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Aramaic מאי.

Pronoun

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מַאי (maym or f

  1. (formal) what

Etymology 3

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Hebrew numbers (edit)
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100
10
    Cardinal: מאה (me'á)
    Ordinal: מאי (me'í)

מֵאָה (me'á, hundred) +‎ ־י (-i, used to form adjectives from nouns).

Adjective

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מֵאִי (me'i) (feminine מֵאִית, masculine plural מֵאִיִּים, feminine plural מֵאִיּוֹת)

  1. hundredth

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