شاة

See also: شاه‎, ساہ‎, and شاہ‎

Arabic

Alternative forms

شَاهَة‎ (šāha)

Etymology

Found under the root ش و ه‎ (š-w-h) in Lane (see below), and in a cross-reference under the same root in Wehr (see below).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃaːh/

Noun

شَاة • (šāh) m or f (singulative, collective شَاء‎ (šāʾ), dual شَاتَانِ‎ (šātāni), paucal شِوَاه‎ (šiwāh) or شِيَاه‎ (šiyāh))

a sheep
a ewe, a female sheep

Usage notes

The gender is unclear, as is whether the gender varies depending on the sense of the noun.

Declension

Declension of noun شَاة (šāh)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَاة šāt	الشَّاة‎ aš-šāt	شَاة šāt
Nominative	شَاةٌ šātun	الشَّاةُ‎ aš-šātu	شَاةُ šātu
Accusative	شَاةً šātan	الشَّاةَ‎ aš-šāta	شَاةَ šāta
Genitive	شَاةٍ šātin	الشَّاةِ‎ aš-šāti	شَاةِ šāti
Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَاء‎ šāʾ	الشَّاء‎ aš-šāʾ	شَاء‎ šāʾ
Nominative	شَاءٌ‎ šāʾun	الشَّاءُ‎ aš-šāʾu	شَاءُ‎ šāʾu
Accusative	شَاءً‎ šāʾan	الشَّاءَ‎ aš-šāʾa	شَاءَ‎ šāʾa
Genitive	شَاءٍ‎ šāʾin	الشَّاءِ‎ aš-šāʾi	شَاءِ‎ šāʾi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَاتَيْن‎ šātayn	الشَّاتَيْن‎ aš-šātayn	شَاتَيْ‎ šātay
Nominative	شَاتَانِ‎ šātāni	الشَّاتَانِ‎ aš-šātāni	شَاتَا‎ šātā
Accusative	شَاتَيْنِ‎ šātayni	الشَّاتَيْنِ‎ aš-šātayni	شَاتَيْ‎ šātay
Genitive	شَاتَيْنِ‎ šātayni	الشَّاتَيْنِ‎ aš-šātayni	شَاتَيْ‎ šātay
Paucal (3-10)	basic broken paucal triptote
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِوَاه‎‎; شِيَاه‎ šiwāh‎; šiyāh	الشِّوَاه‎‎; الشِّيَاه‎ aš-šiwāh‎; aš-šiyāh	شِوَاه‎‎; شِيَاه‎ šiwāh‎; šiyāh
Nominative	شِوَاهٌ‎‎; شِيَاهٌ‎ šiwāhun‎; šiyāhun	الشِّوَاهُ‎‎; الشِّيَاهُ‎ aš-šiwāhu‎; aš-šiyāhu	شِوَاهُ‎‎; شِيَاهُ‎ šiwāhu‎; šiyāhu
Accusative	شِوَاهًا‎‎; شِيَاهًا‎ šiwāhan‎; šiyāhan	الشِّوَاهَ‎‎; الشِّيَاهَ‎ aš-šiwāha‎; aš-šiyāha	شِوَاهَ‎‎; شِيَاهَ‎ šiwāha‎; šiyāha
Genitive	شِوَاهٍ‎‎; شِيَاهٍ‎ šiwāhin‎; šiyāhin	الشِّوَاهِ‎‎; الشِّيَاهِ‎ aš-šiwāhi‎; aš-šiyāhi	شِوَاهِ‎‎; شِيَاهِ‎ šiwāhi‎; šiyāhi

References

Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), “شاة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN

Lane, Edward William (1863), “شوه”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
Wehr, Hans (1979), “شاء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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