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مُمْتِع

enjoyable /ˈmum.tiʕ/

adjectiveA1#683 most common

Also: entertaining, interesting, amusing

Example sentences

الكِتابُ مُمْتِع.
The book is enjoyable.
كانَ الفِيلْمُ مُمْتِعًا جِدًّا.
The film was very enjoyable.
قَضَيْنا وَقْتًا مُمْتِعًا في الحَديقة.
We spent an enjoyable time in the park.
الدَّرْسُ اليَوْمَ كانَ مُمْتِعًا أَكْثَرَ مِنَ المُعْتاد.
Today's lesson was more enjoyable than usual.
تُعَدُّ القِراءَةُ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ الهِواياتِ مُمْتِعَةً وَأَكْثَرِها فائِدَةً.
Reading is regarded as one of the most enjoyable and most useful hobbies.
عَلى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ طولِهِ، ظَلَّ العَرْضُ المَسْرَحيُّ مُمْتِعًا يَأْسِرُ الجُمْهورَ حَتّى النِّهاية.
Despite its length, the play stayed enjoyable, holding the audience until the end.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeمُمْتِعٌمُمْتِعُونَ
Genitiveمُمْتِعٍمُمْتِعِينَ
Accusativeمُمْتِعًامُمْتِعِينَ
Vocativeمُمْتِعُمُمْتِعُونَ

Word family

مُتْعةpleasure, enjoyment
أَمْتَعَto delight, to give pleasure
اِسْتَمْتَعَto enjoy
مَتاعgoods, provisions
مُمْتِعةenjoyable (feminine)

Etymology

The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root م-ت-ع (m-t-ʕ), which carries the sense of enjoyment, benefit, and provision. مُمْتِع is the active participle of the Form IV verb أَمْتَعَ, meaning to give pleasure. So the adjective marks something that produces enjoyment in the person who experiences it. Related nouns from the same root include مُتْعة, pleasure, and مَتاع, goods.

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