Arabic vocabulary
مِئَةَa hundred
How to say “a hundred” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَأَنَّهُ يُكَابِدُ مِئَةَ جَاهِلٍ
And that he struggles against a hundred ignorant people.
مائَة — a hundred. This is a number word, 'a hundred', functioning as the object of the verb, in the accusative as the thing contended with. In Arabic the noun counted after 'hundred' stays singular and (genitive), which is why the next word is singular. It may be literal or a hyperbole for 'very many'.
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