Jastrow: מַאי

מַאי (= מא הי) what?; why? Ber. 2ᵃ מ׳ שנא דתני וכ׳ what does the change in putting evening before morning mean?, i.e. why does the redactor of the Mishnah put &c.? Ib. וּמִמַּאי דהאי וכ׳ and whence is it proven that this &c.?—Ib.ᵇ ומ׳ וטהר and what does v’taher mean? Ib. מ׳ ואומר why this v’omer, i.e. why is another citation required? Ib. 3ᵇ, a. fr. מ׳ לאו, v. לַאו. Ib., a. fr. מ׳ טעמא, v. טַעֲמָא. Ḥull. 107ᵇ וכי נוגע … מ׳ הוי and even if one touch the other, what of it? Ib. אמ׳, v. אַמַּאי. Gitt. 56ᵇ אסוותא … מ׳ היא those remedies (mentioned before) which cured R. Z.,—what are they? Pes. 3ᵇ מ׳ האי דקמן what does this (case) before us mean? Snh. 39ᵃ מ׳ האי what does this (sigh) mean?—Pes. 9ᵃ, a. fr. האי מ׳, v. הַאי; a. v. fr.—In Talm. Y. also מַי, מַיי. Y. Ber. VI, 10ᵇ; ib. III, 6ᵇ bot., v. כְּדוּן; a. fr.