شيء

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See also: شیء and سيء

Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ش ي ء (š-y-ʔ)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃajʔ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

شَيْء (šayʔm (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))
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Descendants[edit]
  • Maltese: xi
  • Azerbaijani: şey
  • Persian: شیء (šay', šey')
  • Ottoman Turkish: شیء (şeyʼ)
  • Ottoman Turkish: اشیا (eşya) (from the plural أَشْيَاء (ʔašyāʔ))

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

شِيءَ (šīʔa) (form I)

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