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ta'

From Arabic مَتاع (matāʕ, “thing, possession”). Compare Tunisian Arabic متاع (mtāʿ), Egyptian Arabic بتاع (bitāʿ), both used as possessive markers.

ta’

Inflected forms of ta'
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
Personal-pronoun- including forms	m	f	plural
1^st person	tiegħi		tagħna
2^nd person	tiegħek		tagħkom
3^rd person	tiegħu	tagħha	tagħhom
Definite forms
Xemxin			Qamrin
taċ- · tad- · tan- tar- · tas- · tat- · tax- · taz- · taż-			tal-

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 ===Etymology===
-From {{inh|mt|ar|مَتاع||thing, possession}}. A variety of related forms exists throughout Mediterranean Arabic. In eastern dialects, the unrelated adjective {{m|ar|تَبَع||belonging}} is also used in a similar way, and there is evidence that both forms may have been merged in some cases (compare {{cog|arz|بتاع|tr=bitāʿ}}). However, the forms in Maghrebi dialects, from which Maltese has sprung, seem to be based on {{m|ar|مَتاع}} exclusively.
+From {{inh|mt|ar|مَتاع||thing, possession}}. Compare {{cog|aeb|متاع|tr=mtāʿ}}, {{cog|arz|بتاع|tr=bitāʿ}}, both used as possessive markers.
 ===Pronunciation===
-* {{IPA|/ta/|lang=mt}}
+* {{IPA|/taː/|lang=mt}}
+* Of course, usually unstressed and then automatically shortened to {{IPAchar|/ta/}}.
+* {{homophones|ta|lang=mt}}
 ===Preposition===