مع

Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎎𐎓 (mʿ). Compare Hebrew עם (ím / ʕím).

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʕa/

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مَعَ • (maʕa)

1. with, together with, accompanied by, in the company of

   Synonym: وَ (wa)

   Antonyms: بِدُونِ (bidūni), بِلَا (bilā)

2. in the estimation of, in the eyes of, in the opinion of
3. in spite of, despite, even with

   Synonym: بَيْدَ (bayda)

   مَعَ البَرْدْ، ذَهَبْتُ

   maʕa l-bard, ḏahabtu

   Even with the cold, I [still] went

4. toward, in relation to
5. pro, for, advocate of, supporting
6. have

   Synonyms: لَدَا (ladā), لَدَى (ladā), لَدُنْ (ladun), عِنْدَ (ʕinda), لِ (li)

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.

• مَعًا (maʕan, “together”)

• Gulf Arabic: مع (maʕa)
• Hijazi Arabic: مع (maʕ)
• Maltese: ma’
• Moroccan Arabic: مع (mʕa)
• Tunisian Arabic: مع (mʕa)

From Arabic مَعَ (maʕa).

• IPA^(key): /məʕə/

مع • (maʕa)

1. with, together with, in the company of

   Synonym: ويا (wiya)

   1. (by extension) to have

   Synonym: عند (ʕind)

2. pro-, for, advocate of, supporting

   Antonym: ضد (ð̣id)

   Synonym: ويا (wiya)

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.

From Arabic مَعَ (maʕa).

• IPA^(key): /maʕ/, /maʕa/

مع • (maʕ)

1. with, together with, in the company of

   حروح معاك

   ḥarūḥ maʕāk

   I will go with you

2. in spite of, despite
3. toward, in relation to
4. pro, for, advocate of, supporting

From Arabic مَعَ (maʕa).

• IPA^(key): /mʕa/

مع • (mʕa)

1. as (at the same instant that)

   مع جيت، مشى ينعس.

   mʕa jīt, mša yinʕas

   As I came, he went to sleep.

مع • (mʕa)

1. with, together with, in the company of

   ماش نخرج معاه.

   māš nuḵruj mʕāh

   I will go out with him.

2. 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.

From Arabic مَعَ (maʕa).

• IPA^(key): /maʕ/, [maʕ]

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مع • (maʕ)

1. with, together with, in the company of
2. (by extension) to have

   Synonyms: عند (ʕind), إلـ (ʔil-)

(variant A):

(variant B):

From Arabic مَعَ (maʕa).

• IPA^(key): /mʕa/

مع (mʕa)

1. with, together with, in the company of

   تحبشي تجي معايا؟

   tḥibbši tji mʕāya?

   Would you like to come with me?

Borrowed from Arabic مَعَ (maʕa).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə(ʔ)/

مَع • (ma') (Hindi spelling मअ) (literary)

1. with, alongside

• “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.