مية (miyyi) — "one hundred" in Levantine Arabic
مية
míyyi
one hundred
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"one hundred" in the other dialects
مْية
مية in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
بعد أن جربت ليلى ثلاثة فساتين، وقع اختيارها على فستان أزرق طويل كانت قد رأته أولاً، ودفعَت ثمنه مئة وخمسين ألف ليرة سورية.
Ba'd an jarrabat Layla thalathat fasatin, waqa'a ikhtiyaruha 'ala fustan azraq taweel kanat qad ra'at-hu awwalan, wa dafa'at thamanahu mi'ah wa khamsin alf lira suriyah.
After Layla tried on three dresses, her choice fell on a long blue dress she had seen first, and she paid its price, one hundred and fifty thousand Syrian pounds.
بالأمس، تحدثنا مع بائع خضار اسمه أبو أحمد، وقال: 'أسعار الخضار والفواكه ارتفعت بنسبة تتجاوز المئة بالمئة'.
Bil-ams, tahaddathna ma' baae' khodaar ismuhu Abu Ahmad, wa qaal: 'As'aar al-khodaar wal-fawakeh irtafa'at bi-nisbeh tatajaawaz al-mi'ah bil-mi'ah'.
Yesterday, we spoke with a vegetable seller named Abu Ahmad, and he said: 'The prices of vegetables and fruits have risen by over one hundred percent'.
from Economic Broadcast: The High Cost of Living in the Levant
مسح أبو شادي إيديه من الطحين وقال ببطء: "أهلا يا ابني، المنقوشة بمية وخمسين ألف ليرة لبنانية، بس إنت معك مية ألف بس."
masah abu shadi ideh min el-tahin w-qal bi-bot': "ahlan ya ibni, el-manqousheh bi-miyyeh w-khamseen alef lirah libnaniyyeh, bas inteh maak miyyet alef bas."
Abu Shadi wiped his hands from the flour and said slowly: "Welcome my son, the manakish is for one hundred and fifty thousand Lebanese liras, but you only have one hundred thousand."
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