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))

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’
• → 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.ˈtɑːʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.t̪ʰɑ́ːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.t̪ʰɑ́ːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.t̪ʰɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.t̪ʰɒ́ːʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.t̪ʰɔ́ʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	matā'
Dari reading?	matā'
Iranian reading?	matâ'
Tajik reading?	matoʾ

Noun

متاع • (matâ')

1. good, possession, merchandise

   Synonyms: دارایی (dârâyi), کالا (kâlâ)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “متاع”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim