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m ʾ t

14 lemmas · 8 languages
soundAll three consonants are regularT Gen.5.4
Themes:hundred·7
POS shape:num·7noun·4numeral·2prep·1

This root is attested across 8 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.

Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family

*m-ʾ-tProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎎𐎀𐎚𐎎 𐎀 𐎚plural of 𐎎𐎛𐎚 (mỉt)
Canaanite
Hebrewמְאַת־מ א תsingular construct state form of מֵאָה (me'á)
Phoenician𐤌𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤀 𐤕
Punic𐤌𐤀𐤕𐤌𐤌 𐤀 𐤕two hundred
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicמאתאמ א תhundred
Syriacܡܐܬܐܡ ܐ ܬalternative spelling of ܡܬܐ
Assyrian NAܡܲܐܬ݂ܹܝܢܡ ܐ ܬdual of ܡܐܵܐ (mˀā), two hundred
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Tigrinyaሚእቲመ አ ተhundred

Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.

Ugaritic

irregular reflexug · 2 lemmas
  • mảtnuminferredWiktionary ↗
    plural of 𐎎𐎛𐎚 (mỉt)
  • mỉtnuminferredWiktionary ↗
    hundred
    From Proto-Semitic *miʾat-. Compare Hebrew מֵאָה (mēʾā), Aramaic מְאָה (məʾā), Arabic مِئَة (miʔa).

Phoenician

irregular reflexphn · 1 lemma

Punic

irregular reflexpun · 1 lemma

Imperial Aramaic

arc · 3 lemmas
  • ma’tā’numinferredWiktionary ↗
    hundred
    From Proto-Semitic *miʾat-.
  • numinferred𐡀 tg. Onk. Gen 11:19Wiktionary ↗
    two hundred
  • māʾṯayinnuminferredWiktionary ↗
    two hundred
    Compare Hebrew מָאתַיִם (matáyim).

Classical Syriac

syc · 3 lemmas

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 1 lemma
  • maˀṯēnnuminferredWiktionary ↗
    dual of ܡܐܵܐ (mˀā), two hundred
    Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܡܐܬܝܢ, from Aramaic מָאתַיִן (māʾṯayin); compare Turoyo ܡܰܬ݂ܶܐ (maṯe), Arabic مِئَتَان (miʔatān), and Hebrew מָאתַיִם (matáyim).

Hebrew

he · 2 lemmas
  • m'át-nouninferredT Gen.5.4Wiktionary ↗
    singular construct state form of מֵאָה (me'á)
  • me'étprepinferredT Gen.5.4Wiktionary ↗
    from
    מִ־ (mi-, “from”) + אֵת ('ét, “with”)

Tigrinya

ti · 1 lemma
  • miʾtinuminferredWiktionary ↗
    hundred
    From Proto-Semitic *miʾat-. Cognates include Amharic መቶ (mäto) and Hebrew מאה.

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