متاع
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| م ت ع (m t ʕ) |
| 7 terms |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.taːʕ/
- Rhymes: -aːʕ
Noun
مَتَاع • (matāʕ) m (plural أَمْتِعَة (ʔamtiʕa))
- property, possessions
- goods, merchandise
- furniture, utensils, household things, clothes, etc.
- baggage
- penis
- (botany) the pistil or gynoecium of a flower
- metals
- profit, gain
- usufruct (the legal right to benefit from another's property)
- enjoyment
Declension
| 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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ma.ˈtaːʔ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mä.t̪ʰɑ́ːʔ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæ.t̪ʰɒ́ːʔ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mä.t̪ʰɔ́ʔ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | matā' |
| Dari reading? | matā' |
| Iranian reading? | matâ' |
| Tajik reading? | mato' |
Noun
متاع • (matâ')
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “متاع”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim