See متى in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"definite",
"invariable",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"construct",
"invariable",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"invariable",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "مَتَّى",
"roman": "mattā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"invariable",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"construct",
"invariable",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"invariable",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "مَتَّى",
"roman": "mattā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"invariable",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"construct",
"genitive",
"invariable",
"singular"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "مَتَّى",
"2": "m"
},
"expansion": "مَتَّى • (mattā) m",
"name": "ar-proper noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "مَتَّى",
"state": "ind-def"
},
"name": "ar-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"ar:Christianity"
],
"glosses": [
"Matthew, one of the Twelve Disciples of Jesus and one of the Four Evangelists"
],
"links": [
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"Matthew",
"Matthew"
],
[
"Disciple",
"Disciple"
],
[
"Jesus",
"Jesus"
],
[
"Evangelist",
"Evangelist"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Christianity) Matthew, one of the Twelve Disciples of Jesus and one of the Four Evangelists"
],
"topics": [
"Christianity"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"ar:Christianity"
],
"glosses": [
"Matthew, the first of the four canonical gospels"
],
"links": [
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"Matthew",
"Matthew"
],
[
"gospel",
"gospel"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Christianity) Matthew, the first of the four canonical gospels"
],
"topics": [
"Christianity"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mat.taː/"
}
],
"word": "متى"
}
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