ميت

Arabic

Root
م و ت (m w t)
14 terms

Etymology

CaCīC-type adjective of the root م و ت (m w t), reconstructible to an original form *مَوِيت (*mawīt, “dead”) that would have then assimilated to *مَيِيت (*mayīt, “good”) and finally regularly shifted to مَيِّت (mayyit, “dead”). See etymology at جَيِّد (jayyid, “good”) for more information.

In the case of مَيِّت (mayyit, “dead”), the plural مَوْتَى (mawtā) provides additional support for the reconstruction *مَوِيت (*mawīt, “dead”) by indicating that the original paradigm was *مَوِيت (*mawīt) pl. *مَوْتَى (*mawtā), exactly the same as other CaCīC pl. CaCCā items like مَرِيض (marīḍ, “sick”) pl. مَرْضَى (marḍā) and قَتِيل (qatīl, “slain”) pl. قَتْلَى (qatlā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maj.jit/

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Adjective

مَيِّت • (mayyit) (feminine مَيِّتَة (mayyita), masculine plural مَيِّتُون (mayyitūn) 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

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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
  • → Indonesian: mayat
• → Ottoman Turkish: میت
  • Turkish: meyyit
  • → Serbo-Croatian: mejit
• → 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 مَيْتُون (maytūn) 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

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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
3 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):

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Adjective

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

1. dead

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَیَّت (mayyat).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məj.jət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

مَیَّت • (mayyat) f (Hindi spelling मय्यत)

1. corpose, dead body; the deceased (particularly in a funeral)

Declension

Declension of ميت

	singular	plural
direct	مَیَّت (mayyat)	مَیَّتیں (mayyatẽ)
oblique	مَیَّت (mayyat)	مَیَّتوں (mayyatõ)
vocative	مَیَّت (mayyat)	مَیَّتو (mayyato)

Further reading

• “ميت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ميت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.