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. metals
7. profit, gain
8. usufruct (the legal right to benefit from another's property)

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

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “متاع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen