متاع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م ت ع‎ (m-t-ʕ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.taːʕ/

Noun

مَتَاع • (matāʕ) m (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'
  • → Kazakh: мата (mata)

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “متاع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, 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
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