متعة

Arabic

Root
م ت ع (m t ʕ)
7 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mut.ʕa/

Noun

مُتْعَة • (mutʕa) f (plural مُتَع (mutaʕ))

1. enjoyment, delight, pleasure
2. ellipsis of نِكَاح الْمُتْعَة (nikāḥ al-mutʕa, “wedlease, mut'ah”)
3. mutat, compensation paid to a divorced woman

Declension

Declension of noun مُتْعَة (mutʕa)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُتْعَة mutʕa	الْمُتْعَة al-mutʕa	مُتْعَة mutʕat
nominative	مُتْعَةٌ mutʕatun	الْمُتْعَةُ al-mutʕatu	مُتْعَةُ mutʕatu
accusative	مُتْعَةً mutʕatan	الْمُتْعَةَ al-mutʕata	مُتْعَةَ mutʕata
genitive	مُتْعَةٍ mutʕatin	الْمُتْعَةِ al-mutʕati	مُتْعَةِ mutʕati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُتْعَتَيْن mutʕatayn	الْمُتْعَتَيْن al-mutʕatayn	مُتْعَتَيْ mutʕatay
nominative	مُتْعَتَانِ mutʕatāni	الْمُتْعَتَانِ al-mutʕatāni	مُتْعَتَا mutʕatā
accusative	مُتْعَتَيْنِ mutʕatayni	الْمُتْعَتَيْنِ al-mutʕatayni	مُتْعَتَيْ mutʕatay
genitive	مُتْعَتَيْنِ mutʕatayni	الْمُتْعَتَيْنِ al-mutʕatayni	مُتْعَتَيْ mutʕatay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُتَع mutaʕ	الْمُتَع al-mutaʕ	مُتَع mutaʕ
nominative	مُتَعٌ mutaʕun	الْمُتَعُ al-mutaʕu	مُتَعُ mutaʕu
accusative	مُتَعًا mutaʕan	الْمُتَعَ al-mutaʕa	مُتَعَ mutaʕa
genitive	مُتَعٍ mutaʕin	الْمُتَعِ al-mutaʕi	مُتَعِ mutaʕi

Descendants

• English: mut'ah, mutat
• Bengali: মুতাহ (mutāh)

References

• Denffer, Dietrich von (1978), “Mutʿa – Ehe oder Prostitution? Beitrag zur Untersuchung einer Institution des šiʿītischen Islam”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1], volume 128, pages 299–325

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

Root
م ت ع
5 terms

Inherited from Arabic مُتْعَة (mutʕa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mut.ʕa/, [ˈmotʕæ]

Noun

متعة • (mutʕa) f (plural متع (mutaʕ))

1. enjoyment, delight, pleasure