verb form I matā^a mataA^a مَتَأَ Bookmark Bookmarked Share 1., aorist مَتَاَ , He beat a person with a staff or stick. (S, K.) 2.Also, verbal noun مَتْءٌ, (TA,) He extended, or stretched out, a rope: (S, K:) a dialect form of مَتَا. [See article متو]. (S.)