إشي

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic شَيْء (šayʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔi.ʃi/, [ˈʔɪ.ʃi]
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Noun

إشي • (ʔiši) m (plural أشيا (ʔašya) or إشيا (ʔišya))

  1. thing

Derived terms

  • كل إشي (kull ʔiši, “everything”)
  • ولا إشي (wala ʔiši, “nothing”)

Pronoun

إشي • (ʔiši)

  1. something; anything
  2. some (... some)
    إشي ضلّو، إشي راحو ― ʔiši ḍallu, ʔiši rāḥu ― Some stayed, some left
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