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Examining Root: متع (mtʿ)

Definition:
To enjoy/benefit, gift, anything useful/advantageous, goods (e.g. utensils, furniture), a commodity.

Total Qur’anic Occurrences: 70

Lemmata Based on This Root: 4

Breakdown of Appearances

Verb: 35

Form
I:	0
II:	18
III:	0
IV:	0
V:	11
VI:	0
VII:	0
VIII:	0
VIX:	0
IX:	6
XI:	0
XII:	0

Gender
Masculine:	23
Feminine:	0
Unassigned:	12

Person
1st:	12
2nd:	14
3rd:	9

Number
Singular:	9
Dual:	0
Plural:	26

Noun: 35

Case
Nominative:	18
Accusative:	14
Genitive:	3

Gender
Masculine:	35
Feminine:	0

Number
Singular:	30
Dual:	0
Plural:	3

Formula
Appears in 269 Root-Based Formulae and lies behind 147 Lemma-Based Formulae
Root Formulae	Root-Plus-Particle-Pronoun Formulae	Lemma Formulae
Length 3: 43 Length 4: 30 Length 5: 15	Length 3: 72 Length 4: 69 Length 5: 40	Length 3: 57 Length 4: 51 Length 5: 39

Glosses for this Root

(is) a provision (x7)
enjoy (x7)
(is) provision (x6)
and provision (x3)
We gave provision (x3)
and livelihood (x3)
(As) a provision (x3)
(is) but a passing enjoyment (x2)
enjoyed (x2)
Then enjoy (x2)
took advantage (x1)
I will provide for you (x1)
I gave enjoyment (x1)
our possessions (x1)
We let them enjoy (x1)
and they may enjoy (themselves) (x1)
We grant them enjoyment (x1)
so We gave them enjoyment (x1)
and your baggage (x1)
utensils (x1)
and you have enjoyed (x1)
We provided him (x1)

And make provision for them - (x1)
So provide for them (x1)
and you took your pleasures (x1)
and We granted them enjoyment (x1)
their baggage (x1)
and enjoy yourselves (x1)
enjoyment they were given? (x1)
[then] I will grant him enjoyment (x1)
you will be allowed to enjoy (x1)
(the) enjoyment (x1)
We will grant enjoyment (x1)
you benefit[ed] (x1)
and enjoy (x1)
You gave them comforts (x1)
enjoyment (x1)
a provision (x1)
they enjoy (x1)
He will let you (x1)
our possession (x1)
So they enjoyed (x1)

Verse List

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