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م-ت-ع

Mim-Ta-Ayn

2 words from this root family

About this root

Mim-Ta-Ayn (م-ت-ع) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: mumtiʿ (enjoyable / fun), istamtaʿa (to enjoy).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 70 times in 65 verses, across 38 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:36.

Themes: Adjectives, Basics, Hobbies, Verbs

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
مُمتِع
mumtiʿ
enjoyable / funadjective, A1Adjectives - Final Set
اِسْتَمْتَعَ
istamtaʿa
to enjoyverb, A2Social Activities & Gatherings

In the Quran

فَأَزَلَّهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ ۖ وَقُلْنَا ٱهْبِطُوا۟ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَـٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

But Satan caused them to deflect therefrom and expelled them from the (happy) state in which they were; and We said: Fall down, one of you a foe unto the other! There shall be for you on earth a habitation and provision for a time.

Quran 2:36
لَّا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِن طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ مَا لَمْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ أَوْ تَفْرِضُوا۟ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً ۚ وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ عَلَى ٱلْمُوسِعِ قَدَرُهُۥ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُقْتِرِ قَدَرُهُۥ مَتَـٰعًۢا بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

It is no sin for you if ye divorce women while yet ye have not touched them, nor appointed unto them a portion. Provide for them, the rich according to his means, and the straitened according to his means, a fair provision. (This is) a bounden duty for those who do good.

Quran 2:236
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ فِى دَارِكُمْ ثَلَـٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ

But they hamstrung her, and then he said: Enjoy life in your dwelling-place three days! This is a threat that will not be belied.

Quran 11:65

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1adjective
مُمتِع
mumtiʿ

enjoyable / fun

Example
الرِّحلَةُ مُمتِعة
ar-riḥlatu mumtiʿa
The trip is enjoyable
Grammar

Feminine form: mumtiʿa (مُمتِعة). Form IV active participle from amtaʿa (أَمتَعَ, to entertain).

A2verb
اِسْتَمْتَعَ
istamtaʿa

to enjoy

Example
اِسْتَمْتَعْنا بِالرِحْلة كَثيرًا.
istamtaʿnā bir-riḥla kathīran.
We enjoyed the trip very much.

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