شيء

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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    Root
    ش ي ء (š y ʔ)
    2 terms

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ʃajʔ/
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    Noun

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    شَيْء • (šayʔ) m (plural أَشْيَاء (ʔašyāʔ))

    1. thing
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 13:16:
        قُلِ اللّٰهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ
        quli llāhu ḵāliqu kulli šayʔin wa-huwa l-wāḥidu l-qahhāru
        Say, "God is Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Prevailing."
    2. little, some (+مِنْ (min))
    Declension
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    Declension of noun شَيْء (šayʔ)
    Singular basic singular triptote
    Indefinite Definite Construct
    Informal شَيْء
    šayʔ     		الشَّيْء
    aš-šayʔ     		شَيْء
    šayʔ
    Nominative شَيْءٌ
    šayʔun     		الشَّيْءُ
    aš-šayʔu     		شَيْءُ
    šayʔu
    Accusative شَيْئًا
    šayʔan     		الشَّيْءَ
    aš-šayʔa     		شَيْءَ
    šayʔa
    Genitive شَيْءٍ
    šayʔin     		الشَّيْءِ
    aš-šayʔi     		شَيْءِ
    šayʔi
    Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
    Informal شَيْئَيْن
    šayʔayn     		الشَّيْئَيْن
    aš-šayʔayn     		شَيْئَيْ
    šayʔay
    Nominative شَيْئَانِ
    šayʔāni     		الشَّيْئَانِ
    aš-šayʔāni     		شَيْئَا
    šayʔā
    Accusative شَيْئَيْنِ
    šayʔayni     		الشَّيْئَيْنِ
    aš-šayʔayni     		شَيْئَيْ
    šayʔay
    Genitive شَيْئَيْنِ
    šayʔayni     		الشَّيْئَيْنِ
    aš-šayʔayni     		شَيْئَيْ
    šayʔay
    Plural basic broken plural diptote
    Indefinite Definite Construct
    Informal أَشْيَاء
    ʔašyāʔ     		الْأَشْيَاء
    al-ʔašyāʔ     		أَشْيَاء
    ʔašyāʔ
    Nominative أَشْيَاءُ
    ʔašyāʔu     		الْأَشْيَاءُ
    al-ʔašyāʔu     		أَشْيَاءُ
    ʔašyāʔu
    Accusative أَشْيَاءَ
    ʔašyāʔa     		الْأَشْيَاءَ
    al-ʔašyāʔa     		أَشْيَاءَ
    ʔašyāʔa
    Genitive أَشْيَاءَ
    ʔašyāʔa     		الْأَشْيَاءِ
    al-ʔašyāʔi     		أَشْيَاءِ
    ʔašyāʔi
    Alternative forms
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    Derived terms
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    Descendants
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    • Maltese: xi
    • → Azerbaijani: şey
    • → Persian: شیء (šay', šey')
    • → Ottoman Turkish: شیء (şeyʼ)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: اشیا (eşya) (from the plural أَشْيَاء (ʔašyāʔ))

    Etymology 2

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    Verb

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    شِيءَ • (šīʔa) (form I) /ʃiː.ʔa/

    1. third-person masculine singular past passive of شَاءَ (šāʔa)
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