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 𐎚— plural of 𐎎𐎛𐎚 (mỉt)
Canaanite
Hebrewמְאַת־מ א ת— singular construct state form of מֵאָה (me'á)
Phoenician𐤌𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤀 𐤕
Punic𐤌𐤀𐤕𐤌𐤌 𐤀 𐤕— two hundred
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicמאתאמ א ת— hundred
Syriacܡܐܬܐܡ ܐ ܬ— alternative spelling of ܡܬܐ
Assyrian NAܡܲܐܬ݂ܹܝܢܡ ܐ ܬ— dual of ܡܐܵܐ (mˀā), two hundred
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Tigrinyaሚእቲመ አ ተ— hundred
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- plural of 𐎎𐎛𐎚 (mỉt)
- hundredFrom Proto-Semitic *miʾat-. Compare Hebrew מֵאָה (mēʾā), Aramaic מְאָה (məʾā), Arabic مِئَة (miʔa).
Phoenician
irregular reflexphn · 1 lemmaPunic
irregular reflexpun · 1 lemma- two hundred
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 3 lemmas- hundredFrom Proto-Semitic *miʾat-.
- two hundred
- two hundredCompare Hebrew מָאתַיִם (matáyim).
Classical Syriac
syc · 3 lemmas- alternative spelling of ܡܬܐ
- alternative spelling of ܡܬܬܐ
- alternative spelling of ܡܬܘܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 1 lemma- dual of ܡܐܵܐ (mˀā), two hundredSemi-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- singular construct state form of מֵאָה (me'á)
- fromמִ־ (mi-, “from”) + אֵת ('ét, “with”)
Tigrinya
ti · 1 lemma- hundredFrom Proto-Semitic *miʾat-. Cognates include Amharic መቶ (mäto) and Hebrew מאה.