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Aramaic
Adverb
מי • (transliteration needed)
- Marks a yes/no question.
Hebrew
Etymology 1
Compare Ugaritic 𐎎𐎊 (my), Phoenician 𐤌𐤉 (my), El-Amarna Akkadian 𒈪𒅀 (mīya, “who”), as well as Levantine, Egyptian and Hijazi Arabic مين (mīn, “who”).
Pronoun
מִי • (mí)
- (interrogative pronoun) who, what person or persons
- (relative pronoun) the person or persons that
Etymology 2
Noun
מֵי • (mé)
- plural construct state form of מַיִם (máyim)
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