מת

From Proto-Semitic *mawut-. Cognate with Arabic مَاتَ‎ (māta), Ge'ez ሞተ (motä), Egyptian mwt, Akkadian 𒈪𒌈 (mītum).

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מֵת • (mét) (feminine מֵתָה‎, masculine plural מֵתִים‎, feminine plural מֵתוֹת‎)

1. Dead, having died.
2. (intensifier) very much, completely (as in dead tired).

   ‏אֲנִי עָיֵיף מֵת‎‎ ― aní ayéf mét ― I'm dead tired

   ‏אֲנִי מֵת לִרְאוֹת אוֹתָהּ הַלַּילָה‎ ― aní mét lir'ót otáh haláyla ― I'm dying to see her tonight

• תחיית המתים / תְּחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים‎ (t'khiyát hametím)

מֵת • (met) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. To die.
2. Masculine singular present participle and present tense of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
3. To be crazy or mad about something.

   ‏אֲנִי מֵת עַל שׁוֹקוֹלָד‎ ― aní met al shokolád ― I'm mad about chocolate

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• נֶהֱרַג‎ (neherág, “to be killed”)
• נִפְטַר‎ (niftár, “to pass away”)
• נִרְצַח‎ (nirtsákh, “to be murdered”)

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /mɛɪ̯s/

מת • (meys) m, plural מתים‎ (meysem)

1. dead person

• ממיתן‎ (meymesn), צעממיתן‎ (tsemeymesn)
• תּחית המתים‎ (tkhiyes hameysem)
• אויפֿשטיין תּחית המתים‎ (oyfshteyn tkhiyes hameysem)
• מחיה מתים זײַן‎ (mekhaye meysem zayn)