ماشية
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Derived from the feminine form of the active participle of the verb مَشَى (mašā, “to walk”), from the root م ش ي (m-š-y).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
مَاشِيَة • (māšiya) f (plural مَوَاشٍ (mawāšin), plural construct state مَوَاشِي (mawāšī))
- cattle, livestock
- 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 22:69:
- مَنِ ٱقْتَنَى كَلْبًا لَيْسَ بِكَلْبِ صَيْدٍ وَلَا مَاشِيَةٍ وَلَا أَرْضٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ قِيرَاطَانِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
- mani qtanā kalban laysa bikalbi ṣaydin walā māšiyatin walā ʔarḍin faʔinnahū yanquṣu min ʔajrihī qīrāṭāni kulla yawmin.
- He who kept a dog which is neither meant for hunting nor for watching the animals nor for watching the fields would lose two qirat every day out of his reward.
Declension edit
Declension of noun مَاشِيَة (māšiya)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مَاشِيَة māšiya |
الْمَاشِيَة al-māšiya |
مَاشِيَة māšiyat |
Nominative | مَاشِيَةٌ māšiyatun |
الْمَاشِيَةُ al-māšiyatu |
مَاشِيَةُ māšiyatu |
Accusative | مَاشِيَةً māšiyatan |
الْمَاشِيَةَ al-māšiyata |
مَاشِيَةَ māšiyata |
Genitive | مَاشِيَةٍ māšiyatin |
الْمَاشِيَةِ al-māšiyati |
مَاشِيَةِ māšiyati |
Plural | broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مَوَاشِي mawāšī |
الْمَوَاشِي al-mawāšī |
مَوَاشِي mawāšī |
Nominative | مَوَاشٍ mawāšin |
الْمَوَاشِي al-mawāšī |
مَوَاشِي mawāšī |
Accusative | مَوَاشِيَ mawāšiya |
الْمَوَاشِيَ al-mawāšiya |
مَوَاشِيَ mawāšiya |
Genitive | مَوَاشٍ mawāšin |
الْمَوَاشِي al-mawāšī |
مَوَاشِي mawāšī |
References edit
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ماشية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen