بتاع

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.

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈtæːʕ/

بتاع • (bitāʕ) m

1. thing whose name is unknown or cannot be remembered by the speaker; thingy

   ‏أحمد هات البتاع!‎‎ ― ʔaḥmad hāt il-bitāʕ! ― Ahmad, get the thing!

2. (vulgar) penis

بتاع • (bitāʕ) (feminine بتاعة‎ (bitāʕa), masculine plural بتوع‎ (bitūʕ))

1. 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.