Arabic

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Verb

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شَتَا (šatā) I, non-past يَشْتُو‎ (yaštū)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • a. 965, Al-Mutanabbi, chapter 284, in ʔAbū al-Baqāʔ al-ʕUkbariyy, edited by Mustafa As-Saqqā, Ibrāhīm Al-Abyari, and Abd Al-Hafīdh Shalbi, دِيوَانُ أَبِي الطَّيِّبِ الْمُتَنَبِّي بِشَرْحِ أَبِي الْبَقَاءِ الْعُكْبَرِيِّ الْمُسَمَّى بِالتِّبْيَانِ فِي شَرْحِ الدِّيوَانِ (dīwānu ʔabī ṭ-ṭayyibi l-mutanabbī bišarḥi ʔabī l-baqāʔi l-ʕukbariyyi l-musammā bi-t-tibyāni fī šarḥi d-dīwāni), volume 4, Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Ma'rifah, published 1978, →OCLC, page 273:
      وَصِفْتُ فِيهَا مَصِيفَ بَادِيَةٍ / شَتَوْتُ بِالصَّحْصَحَانِ مَشْتَاهَا
      waṣiftu fīhā maṣīfa bādiyatin / šatawtu bi-ṣ-ṣaḥṣaḥāni maštāhā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ش ت و
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic شِتَاءْ (šitāʔ).

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Noun

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شتا (šitam (plural أشتية (ʔaštiya))

  1. winter

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  • شَتّى (šatta, to winter, to wear winter clothes)
Seasons in Hijazi Arabic · فصول السنة (fuṣūl as-sana) (layout · text) · category
ربيع (rabīʕ, spring) صيف (ṣēf, summer) خريف (ḵarīf, autumn) شتا (šita, winter)

Moroccan Arabic

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Root
ش ت و
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic شِتَاء (šitāʔ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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شتا (štāf (plural شتاوي (štāwi) or مشاتي (mšāti))

  1. rain
  2. winter
    Synonym: شتوة (šatwa)

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Seasons in Moroccan Arabic · فصول (fṣūl or fuṣūl) (layout · text) · category
ربيع (rbīʕ, spring) صيف (ṣayf or ṣīf, summer) خريف (ḵrīf, autumn) شتا (štā, winter), شتوة (šatwa, winter)

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic شِتَاء (šitāʔ).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? šitā
Dari reading? šitā
Iranian reading? šetâ
Tajik reading? šito

Noun

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Dari شتا
Iranian Persian
Tajik шито

شتا (šetâ)

  1. winter
    Synonym: زمستان (zemestân)
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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ش ت و
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic شِتَاء (šitāʔ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃi.ta/, [ˈʃi.ta]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

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شتا (šitam

  1. rain
  2. winter

See also

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Seasons in South Levantine Arabic · فصول (fṣūl) (layout · text) · category
ربيع (rabīʕ, spring) صيف (ṣēf, summer) خريف (ḵarīf, autumn) شتا (šita, winter)