تاع
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From earlier *نْتَاع (*ntāʕ), from earlier مْتَاع (mtāʕ) by assimilation, ultimately from Arabic مَتَاع (matāʕ, “belongings”) Cognate with Egyptian Arabic بتاع (bitāʕ), Tunisian Arabic مْتَاع (mtāʕ), Moroccan Arabic تاع (tāʕ), نتاع (ntāʕ) and Maltese ta’.
Preposition
تاع • (tāʕ) m (feminine تاعة (tāʕit), plural تاعون (tāʕūn))
- alternative form of تبع (tabaʕ)
Usage notes
- Some speakers do not inflect the word for gender or number.
Inflection
| base form | تاع (tāʕ) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun including forms | |||
| singular | plural | ||
| m | f | ||
| 1st person | تاعي (tāʕi) | تاعنا (tāʕna) | |
| 2nd person | تاعك (tāʕak) | تاعك (tāʕek) | تاعكم (tāʕkom) |
| 3rd person | تاعه (tāʕo) | تاعها (tāʕha) | تاعهم (tāʕhom) |