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مَتَىٰ

mataaa

mat~aY * dial. form of mataY , q. v. (K.) It occurs in the following instances: A^alamo tasoA^ali AlA^aTalaAla mat~aY EuhuwduhaA [ Didst thou not ask the remains of the dwelling, when were their times? ] AHát asked As respecting mt~Y in this hemistich, and he answered, I know not. AHát thinks that i

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1. مَتَّى

mat~aY * dial. form of mataY , q. v. (K.) It occurs in the following instances: A^alamo tasoA^ali AlA^aTalaAla mat~aY EuhuwduhaA [ Didst thou not ask the remains of the dwelling, when were their times? ] AHát asked As respecting mt~Y in this hemistich, and he answered, I know not. AHát thinks that i

2. مَتَى

mataY * signifies When? and when used to denote a condition: see A^an~aY and A^ayona . ― -b2- Hat~aY mataY Until when? how long? and also until the time when. See Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 382.

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Quran text from Tanzil (tanzil.net), distributed verbatim per its license. Morphological facts derived from the Quranic Arabic Corpus (corpus.quran.com, Kais Dukes), stated as facts with source credit. Dictionary senses from Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863-93, public domain), via the Perseus Digital Library.