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م ت ع

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Computed
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70
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45

Meaning

Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root متع. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

مَتَعَ النَّهَارُ 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.)

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تَمَتَّعَ بِهِ 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 بِا@صْطِبَاحِ خَمْرٍ [I enjoyed the drinking a morning-draught of wine]: and بِالاـِصْغَا=ءِ اـِلَى 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.

اـِمْتَتَعَ see 5.

اِسْتَمْتَعَ بِكَذَا , and ↓ تَمَتَّعَ , He benefited or profited by such a thing. (Msb.) ― -b2- See 5. ― -b3- مُسْتَمْتُعٌ : see مَلْبَسٌ .

مُتْعَةٌ 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; 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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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

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The Clans 33:53Quranic text

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟لَاتَدْخُلُوا۟بُيُوتَٱلنَّبِىِّإِلَّآأَنيُؤْذَنَلَكُمْإِلَىٰطَعَامٍغَيْرَنَٰظِرِينَإِنَىٰهُوَلَٰكِنْإِذَادُعِيتُمْفَٱدْخُلُوا۟فَإِذَاطَعِمْتُمْفَٱنتَشِرُوا۟وَلَامُسْتَـْٔنِسِينَلِحَدِيثٍإِنَّذَٰلِكُمْكَانَيُؤْذِىٱلنَّبِىَّفَيَسْتَحْىِۦمِنكُمْوَٱللَّهُلَايَسْتَحْىِۦمِنَٱلْحَقِّوَإِذَاسَأَلْتُمُوهُنَّمَتَٰعًافَسْـَٔلُوهُنَّمِنوَرَآءِحِجَابٍذَٰلِكُمْأَطْهَرُلِقُلُوبِكُمْوَقُلُوبِهِنَّوَمَاكَانَلَكُمْأَنتُؤْذُوا۟رَسُولَٱللَّهِوَلَآأَنتَنكِحُوٓا۟أَزْوَٰجَهُۥمِنۢبَعْدِهِۦٓأَبَدًاإِنَّذَٰلِكُمْكَانَعِندَٱللَّهِعَظِيمًا

Reference 33:53
The Groups 39:8Quranic text

وَإِذَامَسَّٱلْإِنسَٰنَضُرٌّدَعَارَبَّهُۥمُنِيبًاإِلَيْهِثُمَّإِذَاخَوَّلَهُۥنِعْمَةًمِّنْهُنَسِىَمَاكَانَيَدْعُوٓا۟إِلَيْهِمِنقَبْلُوَجَعَلَلِلَّهِأَندَادًالِّيُضِلَّعَنسَبِيلِهِۦقُلْتَمَتَّعْبِكُفْرِكَقَلِيلًاإِنَّكَمِنْأَصْحَٰبِٱلنَّارِ

Reference 39:8
The Dunes 46:20Quranic text

وَيَوْمَيُعْرَضُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟عَلَىٱلنَّارِأَذْهَبْتُمْطَيِّبَٰتِكُمْفِىحَيَاتِكُمُٱلدُّنْيَاوَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُمبِهَافَٱلْيَوْمَتُجْزَوْنَعَذَابَٱلْهُونِبِمَاكُنتُمْتَسْتَكْبِرُونَفِىٱلْأَرْضِبِغَيْرِٱلْحَقِّوَبِمَاكُنتُمْتَفْسُقُونَ

Reference 46:20

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