شي

See also: سی and سے

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش و ي (š-w-y).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃajj/

Noun

شَيّ (šayy) m

  1. verbal noun of شَوَى (šawā) (form I)

Declension


North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شَيْء (šayʾ).

Noun

شي (šī) m

(plural اشيا (ʾišyā))
  1. thing
    هيدي اشيا كتير مهمه
    Haydī ʾišyā ktīr mhimmi.
    These are very important things.

Pronoun

شي (šī) m

  1. something; anything
    بدك شي تاني، حبيبتي؟
    Baddik šī tānī, ḥabībtī?
    Do you want anything else, honey?

Determiner

شي (šī)

  1. some; any; a; an
    في شي مشكله؟
    šī miškli?
    Is there a problem?
    رح يرجع شي يوم
    Raḥ yirjaʿ šī yōm.
    He’ll come back some day.

Adverb

شي (šī)

  1. circa; about
    لازم تنطر شي عشرين دئيئه
    Lāzim tunṭur šī ʿišrīn-i dʾīʾa.
    You have to wait for about twenty minutes.
  2. used as an optional interrogative particle with intransitive verbs
    وصل شي؟
    Wuṣul šī?
    Has he arrived?
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