بتاع

See also: تباع‎

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَتَاع‎ (matāʿ, “thing, possession”). The initial b- as well as the development of inflections may be due to a merger with the unrelated adjective تَبَع‎ (tabaʿ, “belonging”), which is used as a similar possessive marker in bordering Levantine Arabic; however, they may also have developed independently.

Noun

بتاع • (bitā́ʿ) m

  1. thing whose name is unknown or cannot be remembered by the speaker; thingy
    ‏أحمد هات البتاع!‎‎ ― ʾáḥmad hāt il-bitā́ʿ ― Ahmad, get the thing!
  2. (vulgar) penis

Adjective

بتاع • (bitā́ʿ) (feminine بتاعة‎ (bitā́ʿa), plural بتوع‎ (bitū́ʿ))

  1. expresses possession
    ‏الكتاب بتاع أحمد‎ ― il-kitā́b bitā́ʿ ʾáḥmad ― Ahmad's book
    ‏القميص ده بتاعك‎ ― il-ʾamī́s da btā́ʿak ― This is your shirt
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