متاع

Arabic

Root
م ت ع (m t ʕ)
7 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.taːʕ/
  • Rhymes: -aːʕ

Noun

مَتَاع • (matāʕm (plural أَمْتِعَة (ʔamtiʕa))

  1. property, possessions
  2. goods, merchandise
  3. furniture, utensils, household things, clothes, etc.
  4. baggage
  5. penis
  6. (botany) the pistil or gynoecium of a flower
    Synonyms: مِدَقّ (midaqq), وَزِيم (wazīm)
  7. metals
  8. profit, gain
  9. usufruct (the legal right to benefit from another's property)
  10. enjoyment

Declension

Declension of noun مَتَاع (matāʕ)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مَتَاع
matāʕ
الْمَتَاع
al-matāʕ
مَتَاع
matāʕ
nominative مَتَاعٌ
matāʕun
الْمَتَاعُ
al-matāʕu
مَتَاعُ
matāʕu
accusative مَتَاعًا
matāʕan
الْمَتَاعَ
al-matāʕa
مَتَاعَ
matāʕa
genitive مَتَاعٍ
matāʕin
الْمَتَاعِ
al-matāʕi
مَتَاعِ
matāʕi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal مَتَاعَيْن
matāʕayn
الْمَتَاعَيْن
al-matāʕayn
مَتَاعَيْ
matāʕay
nominative مَتَاعَانِ
matāʕāni
الْمَتَاعَانِ
al-matāʕāni
مَتَاعَا
matāʕā
accusative مَتَاعَيْنِ
matāʕayni
الْمَتَاعَيْنِ
al-matāʕayni
مَتَاعَيْ
matāʕay
genitive مَتَاعَيْنِ
matāʕayni
الْمَتَاعَيْنِ
al-matāʕayni
مَتَاعَيْ
matāʕay
plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal أَمْتِعَة
ʔamtiʕa
الْأَمْتِعَة
al-ʔamtiʕa
أَمْتِعَة
ʔamtiʕat
nominative أَمْتِعَةٌ
ʔamtiʕatun
الْأَمْتِعَةُ
al-ʔamtiʕatu
أَمْتِعَةُ
ʔamtiʕatu
accusative أَمْتِعَةً
ʔamtiʕatan
الْأَمْتِعَةَ
al-ʔamtiʕata
أَمْتِعَةَ
ʔamtiʕata
genitive أَمْتِعَةٍ
ʔamtiʕatin
الْأَمْتِعَةِ
al-ʔamtiʕati
أَمْتِعَةِ
ʔamtiʕati

Descendants

  • Egyptian Arabic: بِتَاع (bitā́ʕ)
  • Maltese: ta’
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܬ݂ܥܵܐ (maṯˁā)
  • Kazakh: мата (mata)

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “متاع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “متاع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَتَاع (matāʕ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? matā'
Dari reading? matā'
Iranian reading? matâ'
Tajik reading? mato'

Noun

متاع • (matâ')

  1. good, possession, merchandise
    Synonyms: دارایی (dârâyi), کالا (kâlâ)

Further reading