مع
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See also: مغ
Etymology
Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎎𐎓 (mʿ). Compare Hebrew עם (ím / ʕím).
Pronunciation
Preposition
مَعَ • (maʕa)
- with, together with, accompanied by, in the company of
- in the estimation of, in the eyes of, in the opinion of
- in spite of, despite, even with
- Synonym: بَيْدَ (bayda)
- مَعَ البَرْدْ، ذَهَبْتُ
- maʕa l-bard, ḏahabtu
- Even with the cold, I [still] went
- toward, in relation to
- pro, for, advocate of, supporting
- have
Usage notes
مَعَ • (maʕa) is used to mean "to have" when the object possessed is small and on the possessor's person. The possessor is expressed as the object of the preposition.
Inflection
| Inflected forms | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base form | مَعَ (maʕa) | ||||
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Masculine | Feminine | Common | Masculine | Feminine | |
| First person | مَعِي (maʕī) | مَعَنَا (maʕanā) | |||
| Second person | مَعَكَ (maʕaka) | مَعَكِ (maʕaki) | مَعَكُمَا (maʕakumā) | مَعَكُمْ (maʕakum) | مَعَكُنَّ (maʕakunna) |
| Third person | مَعَهُ (maʕahu) | مَعَهَا (maʕahā) | مَعَهُمَا (maʕahumā) | مَعَهُمْ (maʕahum) | مَعَهُنَّ (maʕahunna) |
Derived terms
- مَعًا (maʕan, “together”)
Descendants
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Preposition
مع • (maʕa)
- with, together with, in the company of
- Synonym: ويا (wiya)
- (by extension) to have
- Synonym: عند (ʕind)
- pro-, for, advocate of, supporting
Usage notes
Unlike other prepositions, مع (maʕa) can be used with the verb negation particle ما (mā) (as well as the regular preposition negation particle مو (mū)), especially in its inflected forms.
Inflection
| Inflected forms of مع | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base form | مع (maʕa) | ||||
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||
| 1st person | معاي (maʕāy) | معانا (maʕāna) | |||
| 2nd person | معاك (maʕāk) | معاچ (maʕāč) | معاكم (maʕākum) | ||
| 3rd person | معاه (maʕā) | معاها (maʕāha) | معاهم (maʕāhum) | ||
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Preposition
مع • (maʕ)
- with, together with, in the company of
- حروح معاك
- ḥarūḥ maʕāk
- I will go with you
- in spite of, despite
- toward, in relation to
- pro, for, advocate of, supporting
Inflection
| Inflected forms of مع | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base form | مع (maʕ) | ||||
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||
| 1st person | معاي (maʕāya) | معانا (maʕāna) | |||
| 2nd person | معاك (maʕāk) | معاكي (maʕāki) | معاكم (maʕākum) | ||
| 3rd person | معاه (maʕā) | معاها (maʕāha) | معاهم (maʕāhum) | ||
Etymology
Pronunciation
Conjunction
مع • (mʕa)
- as (at the same instant that)
- مع جيت، مشى ينعس. ― mʕa jīt, mša yinʕas ― As I came, he went to sleep.
Preposition
مع • (mʕa)
- with, together with, in the company of
- ماش نخرج معاه. ― māš nuḵruj mʕāh ― I will go out with him.
- pro, for, advocate of, supporting
- آنا مع البارصا فهاد الدوري.
- ʔāna mʕa l-bārṣa f-hād ed-dawri
- I am supporting FC Barcelona in this tournament.
Inflection
| Inflected forms of مع | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base form | مع (mʕa) | ||||
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||
| 1st person | معاي (mʕāy, mʕāya) | معانا (mʕāna) | |||
| 2nd person | معاك (mʕāk) | معاكي (mʕāki) | معاكم (mʕākum) | ||
| 3rd person | معاه (mʕāh) | معاها (mʕāha) | معاهم (mʕāhum) | ||
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Preposition
مع • (maʕ)
Inflection
(variant A):
(variant B):
| Inflected forms of مع | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base form | معا (maʕa) | ||||
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||
| 1st person | معاي (maʕāy) | معانا (maʕāna) | |||
| 2nd person | معاك (maʕāk) | معاك (maʕāki) | معاكم (maʕākom) | ||
| 3rd person | معاه (maʕā) | معاها (maʕāha) | معاهم (maʕāhom) | ||
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Preposition
مع (mʕa)
- with, together with, in the company of
- تحبشي تجي معايا؟
- tḥibbši tji mʕāya?
- Would you like to come with me?
Inflection
| inflected forms of مع | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base form | مع (mʕa) | ||||
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||
| 1st person | معايا (mʕāya) | معانا (mʕāna) | |||
| 2nd person | معاك (mʕāk) | معاكم (mʕākum) | |||
| 3rd person | معاه (mʕāh) | معاها (mʕāha) | معاهم (mʕāhum) | ||
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mə(ʔ)/
Preposition
Further reading
- “مع”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “مع”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مع”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “مع”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “مع”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1103
- John Shakespear (1834) “مع”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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