Arabic-L:LING:The silent alif in mi'a query

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Date: 02 May 2011
From: Jamal Ali <thejamalali at gmail.com>
Subject: The silent alif in mi'a query

Does anyone know of any information, articles, books, websites, studies, or any other sources that explain why the word mi'a (one hundred) has a silent alif?

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