متعة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م ت ع (m-t-ʕ).

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”).

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

References

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