มหายาก(má-hăa yâak)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB1

extremely rare; very rare

Extremely rare; scarcely encountered.

Examples

เหรียญบาทrĭian bàatเหรียญบาทrĭian bàatone-baht coinปีbpeeปีbpee1year2years old3zodiac year; animal year2529เป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsมหายากmá-hăa yâakมหายากmá-hăa yâak1extremely rare; very rare2extremely (modifies “ยาก”)
The one-baht coin from the year B.E. 2529 (1986) is extremely rare.
2AdverbB1

extremely (modifies “ยากยากyâak1unlikely; hardly2poor; impoverished (dated/formal)3difficult; hard”)

An intensifier modifying the adjective “ยากยากyâak1unlikely; hardly2poor; impoverished (dated/formal)3difficult; hard” (difficult), meaning “extremely.” Example: โจทย์ข้อนี้มหายาก (this problem is extremely difficult).

Examples

การบ้านgaan bâanการบ้านgaan bâan1homework; school assignment2housework (colloq.)วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)มหายากmá-hăa yâakมหายากmá-hăa yâak1extremely rare; very rare2extremely (modifies “ยาก”)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
Today's homework is extremely difficult. I can't do it at all.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

มหาmá-hăaมหาmá-hăa1great; grand; vast (formal/literary)2prefix meaning great-/grand-; super-3ecclesiastical/learned title element4academic/official abbreviation element (มห.)Part 1
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ยากyâakยากyâak1unlikely; hardly2poor; impoverished (dated/formal)3difficult; hardPart 2
มหายากmá-hăa yâakมหายากmá-hăa yâakextremely rare; very rare