بتاع
See also: تباع
Egyptian Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic مَتَاع (matāʕ, “thing, possession”). The initial b- as well as the development of inflections may be due to a merger with the unrelated adjective تَبَع (tabaʕ, “belonging”), which is used as a similar possessive marker in bordering Levantine Arabic; however, they may also have developed independently.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
بتاع • (bitāʕ) m
- thing whose name is unknown or cannot be remembered by the speaker; thingy
- أحمد هات البتاع! ― ʔaḥmad hāt il-bitāʕ! ― Ahmad, get the thing!
- (vulgar) penis
Adjective edit
بتاع • (bitāʕ) (feminine بتاعة (bitāʕa), masculine plural بتوع (bitūʕ))