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Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
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
Noun
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
بتاع • (bitāʕ) (feminine بتاعة (bitāʕa), masculine plural بتوع (bitūʕ))
- Expresses the possessive or genitive: of, 's
- الكتاب بتاع أحمد ― il-kitāb bitāʕ ʔaḥmad ― Ahmad's book
- القميص ده بتاعك. ― il-ʔamīs da btāʕak ― This is your shirt.