شيء

See also: شیء and سيء

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ش ي ء (š y ʔ)
2 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃajʔ/
Audio: (file)

Noun

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

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."
little, some (+مِنْ (min))

Declension

Declension of noun شَيْء (šayʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	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
Plural	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

شَايْء (šayʔ) — pre-classical spelling

Derived terms

شَيْئًا فَشَيْئًا (šayʔan fašayʔan)
اَلشَّيْءُ بِٱلشَّيْءِ يُذْكَرُ (aš-šayʔu bi-š-šayʔi yuḏkaru)

Descendants

Maltese: xi
→ Azerbaijani: şey
→ Persian: شیء (šay', šey')
→ Ottoman Turkish: شیء (şeyʼ)
- Turkish: şey
→ Ottoman Turkish: اشیا (eşya) (from the plural أَشْيَاء (ʔašyāʔ))
- Turkish: eşya

Etymology 2

Verb

شِيءَ • (šīʔa) (form I) /ʃiː.ʔa/

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

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