מאי
Aramaic
Pronoun
מַאי • (transliteration needed)
Hebrew
Etymology 1
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
מַאי • (may) m
- May (the fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June)
- a female given name
Derived terms
See also
Gregorian calendar monthsedit
- יָנוּאָר (yánuar)
- פֶבְּרוּאָר (fébruar)
- מֶרְץ (merts) ~ מארס / מַרְס (mars)
- אַפְּרִיל (apríl)
- מַאי (may)
- יוּנִי (yúni)
- יוּלִי (yúli)
- אוֹגוּסְט (ogúst)
- סֶפְּטֶמְבֶּר (septémber)
- אוֹקְטוֹבֶּר (október)
- נוֹבֶמְבֶּר (novémber)
- דֵּצֶמְבֶּר (detsémber)
Etymology 2
Pronoun
מַאי • (may) m or f
- (formal) what
Etymology 3
| ← 10 | ק׳ 100 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | ||||
| Cardinal: מאה (me'á) Ordinal: מאי (me'í) Fractional: מאית (me'ít) | ||||
מֵאָה (me'á, “hundred”) + ־י (-i, forms adjectives from nouns).
Adjective
מֵאִי • (me'i) (feminine מֵאִית, masculine plural מֵאִיִּים, feminine plural מֵאִיּוֹת)
- (formal) hundredth
Synonyms
- מאה (me'á, mé'a)