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مِئَة
hundred /ˈmiʔa/
nounA1#647 most common
Also: one hundred, a hundred
Example sentences
عِنْدي مِئَةُ دولار.
I have a hundred dollars.
في الصَّفِّ مِئَةُ طالِبٍ.
There are a hundred students in the class.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ الهاتِفَ بِمِئَةِ دولار.
I bought the phone for a hundred dollars.
تَبْعُدُ القَرْيَةُ مِئَةَ كيلومِتر عَنِ المَدينَة.
The village is a hundred kilometers from the city.
احْتَفَلَتِ المَدينَةُ بِمُرورِ مِئَةِ عامٍ على تَأْسيسِها.
The city marked the passing of a hundred years since its founding.
أَفادَتِ التَّقاريرُ بِأَنَّ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِئَةٍ وخَمْسينَ شَخْصاً شارَكوا في الحَمْلَة.
Reports stated that more than a hundred and fifty people took part in the campaign.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مِئَةٌ | مِئاتٌ |
| Genitive | مِئَةٍ | مِئاتٍ |
| Accusative | مِئَةً | مِئاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مِئَةُ | يا مِئاتُ |
Word family
مِئَوِيّper cent, centennial
مِئاتhundreds
نِسْبَة مِئَوِيَّةpercentage
دَرَجَة مِئَوِيَّةdegree Celsius
Etymology
مِئَة descends from Proto-Semitic *miʾ-at-, the common Semitic word for one hundred. The same form survives across the family, including Hebrew and Aramaic. It is an old frozen numeral, not a noun derived from a verbal root.
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