متاع

متاع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م ت ع‎ (m-t-ʿ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.taːʕ/

Noun

مَتَاع • (matāʿ) m (plural أَمْتِعَة‎ (ʾamtiʿa))

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 (matāʿ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَتَاع matāʿ	الْمَتَاع‎ al-matāʿ	مَتَاع matāʿ
Nominative	مَتَاعٌ matāʿun	الْمَتَاعُ‎ al-matāʿu	مَتَاعُ matāʿu
Accusative	مَتَاعًا‎ matāʿan	الْمَتَاعَ‎ al-matāʿa	مَتَاعَ matāʿa
Genitive	مَتَاعٍ matāʿin	الْمَتَاعِ‎ al-matāʿi	مَتَاعِ matāʿi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَتَاعَيْن‎ matāʿayn	الْمَتَاعَيْن‎ al-matāʿayn	مَتَاعَيْ‎ matāʿay
Nominative	مَتَاعَانِ‎ matāʿāni	الْمَتَاعَانِ‎ al-matāʿāni	مَتَاعَا‎ matāʿā
Accusative	مَتَاعَيْنِ‎ matāʿayni	الْمَتَاعَيْنِ‎ al-matāʿayni	مَتَاعَيْ‎ matāʿay
Genitive	مَتَاعَيْنِ‎ matāʿayni	الْمَتَاعَيْنِ‎ al-matāʿayni	مَتَاعَيْ‎ matāʿay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمْتِعَة‎ ʾamtiʿa	الْأَمْتِعَة‎ al-ʾamtiʿa	أَمْتِعَة‎ ʾamtiʿat
Nominative	أَمْتِعَةٌ‎ ʾamtiʿatun	الْأَمْتِعَةُ‎ al-ʾamtiʿatu	أَمْتِعَةُ‎ ʾamtiʿatu
Accusative	أَمْتِعَةً‎ ʾamtiʿatan	الْأَمْتِعَةَ‎ al-ʾamtiʿata	أَمْتِعَةَ‎ ʾamtiʿata
Genitive	أَمْتِعَةٍ‎ ʾamtiʿatin	الْأَمْتِعَةِ‎ al-ʾamtiʿati	أَمْتِعَةِ‎ ʾamtiʿati

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: بِتَاع‎ (bitā́ʿ)
• 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