Arabic root

م-ء-ي

8 words from this root family

A2numeral

مِئَتَانِ

miʾatāni

two hundred

Example

الْكِتَابُ يَحْتَوِي عَلَى مِئَتَيْ صَفْحَةٍ

al-kitābu yaḥtawī ʿalā miʾatay ṣafḥatin

The book contains two hundred pages

Root: م-ء-ي Numbers Numbers Hundreds

Grammar

200 uses the dual form of مِئَة: مِئَتَانِ (nominative) / مِئَتَيْنِ (accusative/genitive). The counted noun follows in genitive singular.

A2numeral

ثَلَاثُمِئَة

thalāthu-miʾa

three hundred

Example

يَسْكُنُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ ثَلَاثُمِئَةِ أَلْفِ شَخْصٍ

yaskunu fī al-madīnati thalāthu-miʾati alfi shakhṣin

Three hundred thousand people live in the city

Root: م-ء-ي Numbers Numbers Hundreds

Grammar

300-900 use an iḍāfa construction: the unit number + مِئَة. Because مِئَة is feminine, the units 3-10 appear in their without-taa form (ثَلَاث, أَرْبَع...) following reverse polarity.

A2numeral

أَرْبَعُمِئَة

arbaʿu-miʾa

four hundred

Example

الْمَسْجِدُ بُنِيَ قَبْلَ أَرْبَعِمِئَةِ سَنَةٍ

al-masjidu buniya qabla arbaʿi-miʾati sanatin

The mosque was built four hundred years ago

Root: م-ء-ي Numbers Numbers Hundreds

A2numeral

خَمْسُمِئَة

khamsu-miʾa

five hundred

Example

دَفَعْتُ خَمْسَمِئَةِ دِرْهَمٍ

dafaʿtu khamsa-miʾati dirhamin

I paid five hundred dirhams

Root: م-ء-ي Numbers Numbers Hundreds

A2numeral

سِتُّمِئَة

sittu-miʾa

six hundred

Example

فِي الْمَكْتَبَةِ سِتُّمِئَةِ كِتَابٍ

fī al-maktabati sittu-miʾati kitābin

There are six hundred books in the library

Root: م-ء-ي Numbers Numbers Hundreds

A2numeral

سَبْعُمِئَة

sabʿu-miʾa

seven hundred

Example

الْمَبْنَى يَتَّسِعُ لِسَبْعِمِئَةِ شَخْصٍ

al-mabnā yattasiʿu li-sabʿi-miʾati shakhṣin

The building accommodates seven hundred people

Root: م-ء-ي Numbers Numbers Hundreds

A2numeral

ثَمَانُمِئَة

thamānu-miʾa

eight hundred

Example

قَطَعْنَا ثَمَانِيَمِئَةِ كِيلُومِتْرٍ

qaṭaʿnā thamāniya-miʾati kīlūmitrin

We traveled eight hundred kilometers

Root: م-ء-ي Numbers Numbers Hundreds

A2numeral

تِسْعُمِئَة

tisʿu-miʾa

nine hundred

Example

ثَمَنُ الْهَاتِفِ تِسْعُمِئَةِ رِيَالٍ

thamanu al-hātifi tisʿu-miʾati riyālin

The phone costs nine hundred riyals

Root: م-ء-ي Numbers Numbers Hundreds