أي ما

Arabic

Pronoun

أَيٌّ مَا or أَيًّا مَا or أَيٍّ مَا or أَيُّمَا or أَيَّمَا or أَيِّمَا • (ʔayyun mā or ʔayyan mā or ʔayyin mā or ʔayyumā or ʔayyamā or ʔayyimā?

  1. (conditional) whichever, whichsoever
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:110:
      أَیࣰّا مَّا تَدۡعُوا۟ فَلَهُ ٱلۡأَسۡمَاۤءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ
      ʔayyan mā tadʕū fa-lahu l-ʔasmāʔu l-ḥusnā
      [... by] whatever [name] you call upon [Him], to Him belong the best names.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:28:
      أَيَّمَا الْأَجَلَيْنِ قَضَيْتُ فَلَا عُدْوَانَ عَلَيَّ
      ʔayyamā al-ʔajalayni qaḍaytu fa-lā ʕudwāna ʕalayya
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of pronoun أَيٌّ مَا (ʔayyun mā)
singular singular invariable
indefinite definite construct
informal

nominative أَيٌّ مَا
ʔayyun mā
أَيُّمَا
ʔayyumā
accusative أَيًّا مَا
ʔayyan mā
أَيَّمَا
ʔayyamā
genitive أَيٍّ مَا
ʔayyin mā
أَيِّمَا
ʔayyimā