ما

Signification (Anglais)

Pron

1. (interrogative) what?
2. (indefinite) some, a certain
3. (relative) that which, what
4. whichever; whatever

Particle

not; never

Conj

1. as long as
2. A subordinating conjunction following particles or genitival nouns in conditional statements, known as مَا الزَّائِدَة (mā z-zāʔida), 'superfluous mā'
3. loosely translates to that; introduces a verbal complement to a preposition, standing in place of the definite verbal noun

Adv

1. whenever
2. as far as, to the extent that, to the degree that
3. (oh) how...!

Concepts

lequel

que

quelconque

qui

quoi

ne pas

ne…pas

Synonymes

ماذا

mā

لا

🙅

لم

🚫

Traductions

what

was

ne

que

qué

che

quid

no

🚫

not

🚫

δε

that

some

which

ein

1

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/maː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Cognate with Hebrew מָה (ma) and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎅 (mh).