ميت

Meaning

1. dead
2. (active, form-of, participle) active participle of مَاتَ (māta): subject to death; dying; mortal

Concepts

dead

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deceased

departed

kill

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late

mortify

death

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non-kosher meat

corpse

no longer with us

defunct

Synonyms

فان

Translations

tot

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mort

dood

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verstorben

falecido

mortuus

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gestorben

décédé

mort

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overleden

νεκρός

morto

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morto

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/maj.jit/

Etymology

CaCīC-type adjective of the root م و ت (m w t), reconstructible to an original form *مَوِيت (*mawīt, “dead”) that would have then assimilated to *مَيِيت (*mayīt, “good”) and finally regularly shifted to مَيِّت (mayyit, “dead”). See etymology at جَيِّد (jayyid, “good”) for more information.
In the case of مَيِّت (mayyit, “dead”), the plural مَوْتَى (mawtā) provides additional support for the reconstruction *مَوِيت (*mawīt, “dead”) by indicating that the original paradigm was *مَوِيت (*mawīt) pl. *مَوْتَى (*mawtā), exactly the same as other CaCīC pl. CaCCā items like مَرِيض (marīḍ, “sick”) pl. مَرْضَى (marḍā) and قَتِيل (qatīl, “slain”) pl. قَتْلَى (qatlā).