ممتع

Arabic

Root
م ت ع (m t ʕ)
7 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of أَمْتَعَ (ʔamtaʕa)

Adjective

مُمْتِع • (mumtiʕ) (feminine مُمْتِعَة (mumtiʕa), masculine plural مُمْتِعُونَ (mumtiʕūna), feminine plural مُمْتِعَات (mumtiʕāt))

pleasant, delicious, amusing, enjoyable
interesting

Declension

Declension of adjective **مُمْتِع** (mumtiʕ)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُمْتِع mumtiʕ	الْمُمْتِع al-mumtiʕ	مُمْتِعَة mumtiʕa	الْمُمْتِعَة al-mumtiʕa
nominative	مُمْتِعٌ mumtiʕun	الْمُمْتِعُ al-mumtiʕu	مُمْتِعَةٌ mumtiʕatun	الْمُمْتِعَةُ al-mumtiʕatu
accusative	مُمْتِعًا mumtiʕan	الْمُمْتِعَ al-mumtiʕa	مُمْتِعَةً mumtiʕatan	الْمُمْتِعَةَ al-mumtiʕata
genitive	مُمْتِعٍ mumtiʕin	الْمُمْتِعِ al-mumtiʕi	مُمْتِعَةٍ mumtiʕatin	الْمُمْتِعَةِ al-mumtiʕati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُمْتِعَيْن mumtiʕayn	الْمُمْتِعَيْن al-mumtiʕayn	مُمْتِعَتَيْن mumtiʕatayn	الْمُمْتِعَتَيْن al-mumtiʕatayn
nominative	مُمْتِعَانِ mumtiʕāni	الْمُمْتِعَانِ al-mumtiʕāni	مُمْتِعَتَانِ mumtiʕatāni	الْمُمْتِعَتَانِ al-mumtiʕatāni
accusative	مُمْتِعَيْنِ mumtiʕayni	الْمُمْتِعَيْنِ al-mumtiʕayni	مُمْتِعَتَيْنِ mumtiʕatayni	الْمُمْتِعَتَيْنِ al-mumtiʕatayni
genitive	مُمْتِعَيْنِ mumtiʕayni	الْمُمْتِعَيْنِ al-mumtiʕayni	مُمْتِعَتَيْنِ mumtiʕatayni	الْمُمْتِعَتَيْنِ al-mumtiʕatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُمْتِعِين mumtiʕīn	الْمُمْتِعِين al-mumtiʕīn	مُمْتِعَات mumtiʕāt	الْمُمْتِعَات al-mumtiʕāt
nominative	مُمْتِعُونَ mumtiʕūna	الْمُمْتِعُونَ al-mumtiʕūna	مُمْتِعَاتٌ mumtiʕātun	الْمُمْتِعَاتُ al-mumtiʕātu
accusative	مُمْتِعِينَ mumtiʕīna	الْمُمْتِعِينَ al-mumtiʕīna	مُمْتِعَاتٍ mumtiʕātin	الْمُمْتِعَاتِ al-mumtiʕāti
genitive	مُمْتِعِينَ mumtiʕīna	الْمُمْتِعِينَ al-mumtiʕīna	مُمْتِعَاتٍ mumtiʕātin	الْمُمْتِعَاتِ al-mumtiʕāti

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “متع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN