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Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of reaching a limit or a specific number, particularly one hundred. It encompasses meanings of reaching maturity, achieving completeness, and the numerical value itself. It also extends to concepts of corruption and expansion.

Derived headwords

مَأَىverb
  1. 1.
    to reach maturityclassical

    To reach a mature age or stage of development, similar to the verb 'kasā'

  2. 2.
    to deepenclassical

    To go deep into something, to become profound.

أَوْرَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to budclassical

    When applied to trees, it means to sprout leaves or become leafy.

أَفْسَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to corruptboth

    To cause corruption or to spoil something between people.

تَمَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to completeclassical

    To complete a group of people by oneself, making them reach one hundred.

مُمَئِيُّونadjective
  1. 1.
    completed to a hundredclassical

    Describing a group of people who have been completed to the number of one hundred.

تَمَأَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to expandclassical

    Used for a waterskin, meaning to expand or stretch out.

مَاءَةadjective
  1. 1.
    gossipyclassical

    A woman who is a gossip or a talebearer.

مِئَةnoun
  1. 1.
    one hundredboth

    The numerical value of one hundred.

مِئَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    hundredsboth

    The plural form of one hundred.

مُؤُونnoun
  1. 1.
    hundredsclassical

    Another plural form for one hundred.

مِئnoun
  1. 1.
    hundredclassical

    A singular form used in specific constructions, akin to 'kam'

ثَلَاثُ مِئَةnoun
  1. 1.
    three hundredclassical

    The number three hundred, formed by adding the smaller number to the unit.

ثَلَاثُ مِئَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    three hundredsclassical

    The plural form for three hundred.

ثَلَاثُ مِئِينnoun
  1. 1.
    three hundredsclassical

    An alternative plural form for three hundred.

مِئَوِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    hundredthboth

    Relating to or being the hundredth part.

أَمْأَىverb
  1. 1.
    to become a hundredclassical

    For a group of people to reach the number of one hundred.

مُؤَاءَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    agreement for a hundredclassical

    An agreement or contract made for the sum of one hundred.

Parallel reading

مأى فيه، كسعى: بالغ
He reached maturity, like 'kasā': he became adult.
وتعمق
And he deepened.
و الشجر: طلع، أو أورق
And the trees: they sprouted, or became leafy.
و بينهم: أفسد
And between them: he corrupted.
و القوم: تممهم بنفسه مئة، فهم ممئيون
And the people: he completed them by himself to one hundred, so they are completed (to a hundred).
وتمأى السقاء: توسع، وامتد
And the waterskin expanded: it became wide, and stretched.
وامرأة ماءة، كماعة: نمامة
And a woman 'mā'ah', like 'māma'ah': a gossip.
والمئة: عدد، اسم يوصف به
And 'al-mi'ah': a number, a name used to describe.
مررت برجل مئة إبله
I passed by a man with one hundred of his camels.
وثلاث مئة: أضافوا أدنى العدد إلى الواحد لدلالته على الجمع شاذ
And three hundred: they added the lesser number to the unit for its indication of plurality, which is irregular.
ويقال: ثلاث مئات ومئين، والأول أكثر
And it is said: three hundreds and 'mi'īn', and the first is more common.
والنسبة: مئوي
And the attribution: 'mi'awī'.
وأمأى القوم: صاروا مئة، فهم ممؤون
And the people became a hundred: they became one hundred, so they are 'mum'ūna'.
وأمأيتهم أنا
And I made them a hundred.
وشارطه مماآة، أي: على مئة، كمؤالفة: على ألف
And he contracted with him for 'mā'ā'ah', meaning: for one hundred, like 'mu'ālafah': for one thousand.