מי
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See also: מ״י
Aramaic
[edit]Adverb
[edit]מי • (transliteration needed)
- Marks a yes/no question.
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Compare Ugaritic 𐎎𐎊 (my), Phoenician 𐤌𐤉 (my), El-Amarna Akkadian 𒈪𒅀 (mīya, “who”), as well as Levantine, Egyptian and Hijazi Arabic مين (mīn, “who”).
Pronoun
[edit]מִי • (mí)
- (interrogative pronoun) who, what person or persons.
- (relative pronoun) the person or persons that.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]מֵי • (mé)
- Plural construct state form of מַיִם (máyim).