شيء

See also: شیء and سيء

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ش ي ء (š y ʔ)
2 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃajʔ/

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)