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mataʿa

carry away, be strong

مَتَعَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

م ت ع

Forms

Present
يَمْتَعُ
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ مَتَعَيَمْتَعُ—
she هِيَ مَتَعَتتَمْتَعُ—
they two (m.) هُما مَتَعايَمْتَعانِ—
they two (f.) هُما مَتَعَتاتَمْتَعانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ مَتَعُوايَمْتَعُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ مَتَعْنَيَمْتَعْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ مَتَعْتَتَمْتَعُاِمْتَعْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ مَتَعْتِتَمْتَعِينَاِمْتَعِي
you two أَنْتُما مَتَعْتُماتَمْتَعانِاِمْتَعَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ مَتَعْتُمتَمْتَعُونَاِمْتَعُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ مَتَعْتُنَّتَمْتَعْنَاِمْتَعْنَ
I أَنا مَتَعْتُأَمْتَعُ—
we نَحْنُ مَتَعْنانَمْتَعُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • مَتَعَ النَّهَارُ Form I The day became advanced, the sun being high
    The day became advanced, the sun being high, (S, K,) before the declining of the sun from the meridian. (K.) . مَتَّعَهُ He (God) made him to live. (Bd in xi. 3.) ― -b2- See مَلّا. ― -b3- مَتَّعَهَا He gave her a gift after divorce. (K.) And مَتَّهَا بِكَذَا He gave her (a divorced wife) such a thing. (Msb.)
  • تَمَتَّعَ بِهِ Form V He benefited, or profited by it; had the benefit, use, or enjoyment, of it
    and ↓ اِسْتَمْتَعَ and ↓ اِمْتَتَعَ are syn., signifying اِنْتَفَعَ بِهِ زَمَانًا طَوِيلًا; (Ham, p. 165 ;) [He benefited, or profited by it; had the benefit, use, or enjoyment, of it; he enjoyed it; accord. to the above authority, for a long time; but this restriction is not always meant.] You say. اِسْتَمْتَعْتُ بِٱصْطِبَاحِ خَمْرٍ [I enjoyed the drinking a morning-draught of wine]: and بِالإِصْغَآءِ إِلَى أَغَانِى جَارِيَةٍ [the listening to the songs of a girl]. (Mo'allakát, p. 169.) ― -b2- تَمَتَّعَ He became provided with مَتَاع, or utensils and furniture for the house, or tent. (TA, voce تَبَتَّتَ, q. v.) ― -b3- تَمَتَّعَ i. q. عَاشَ. (Bd, Jel, xi. 68.) ― -b4- تَمَتَّعَ بِهِ generally signifies He enjoyed it: (MA:) so in many cases in the Kur, &c.
  • إِمْتَتَعَ Form VIII Open entry
    see 5.
  • اِسْتَمْتَعَ بِكَذَا Form X He benefited or profited by such a thing
    , and ↓ تَمَتَّعَ, He benefited or profited by such a thing. (Msb.) ― -b2- See 5. ― -b3- مُسْتَمْتُعٌ: see مَلْبَسٌ.
  • مُتْعَةٌ Enjoyment
    Enjoyment; a subst. in the sense of تَمَتُّعٌ; (S, Msb, K;) syn. نَعْمَةٌ. (Jel, xlvi. 26.) See an ex., in a verse of Lebeed, voce فَرْطٌ. ― -b2- مُتْعَةٌ A gift to a divorced wife. (Msb, K.) See مَتَاعٌ. ― -b3- متعة الضُّحَى [i. e. مُتْعَة?] i. q. أَوَّلُهَا. (TA voce فِيقَة, in art. فوق.)
  • مَتَاعٌ Anything useful or advantageous
    Anything useful or advantageous; as goods: such as the utensils and furniture of a house or tent, or household-goods: any utensils, or apparatus: chattels: a commodity, and commodities; (Mgh, &c.;) generally best rendered goods, chattels, household-goods or chattels, or utensils and furniture. ― -b2- المَتَاعُ [signifies (tropical:) الفَرْجُ;] a woman's pudendum: (TA:) [see مُتَوَهِّجَةٌ, in art. وهج: and] the penis. (Mgh.) ― -b3- مَتَاعٌ also applies to Food, the necessaries of life: see two exs. voce حَفَفٌ. ― -b4- مَتَاعٌ for a divorced wife, A provision of necessaries, such as food and clothing and household-utensils or furniture: see عَرْفٌ, and Bd in ii. 242: i. q. تَمْتِيعٌ. (Bd in ii. 237.) ― -b5- مَتَاعٌ i. q. مَا يُتَمَتَّعُ بِهِ, and الاِسْتِمْتَاعُ; (Jel in iv. 79;) generally best rendered Enjoyment, in the Kur iv. 79 and ix. 38 and similar cases. See مُتْعَةٌ.

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