شي

See also: سی, سے, and شی

Arabic

Root
ش و ي (š-w-y)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃajj/

Noun

شَيّ • (šayy) m

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

Declension

Declension of noun شَيّ (šayy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَيّ šayy	الشَّيّ aš-šayy	شَيّ šayy
Nominative	شَيٌّ šayyun	الشَّيُّ aš-šayyu	شَيُّ šayyu
Accusative	شَيًّا šayyan	الشَّيَّ aš-šayya	شَيَّ šayya
Genitive	شَيٍّ šayyin	الشَّيِّ aš-šayyi	شَيِّ šayyi

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شَيْء (šayʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃajj/, [ʃaj]

Noun

شي • (šayy) m (plural أشياء (ʔašyāʔ))

1. a thing

   Synonym: حاجة (ḥāja)

2. object

   Synonym: غَرَض (ḡaraḍ)

Derived terms

• كُل شي (kull šayy, “everything”)

Pronoun

شي • (šayy)

1. something, anything

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شَيْء (šayʔ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃiː/

Noun

شي • (šī) m (plural إشيا (ʾišya) or أشيا (ʾašya))

1. thing

   هيدي اشيا كتير مهمة

   haydi ʾišya ktīr mhimme.

   These are very important things.

Usage notes

Only when plural or construed with the definite article. The predominant term for thing otherwise is شغلة (šaḡle, “thing”).

Pronoun

شي • (šī) m

1. something, anything

   بدك شي تاني، حبيبتي؟

   baddik šī tāni, ḥabībti?

   Do you want anything else, honey?

   بدي عطيك شي.

   baddi ʿaṭīk šī.

   I want to give you something.

Determiner

شي • (šī)

1. some, any

   في شي مشكلة؟

   fī šī miškle?

   Is there any [kind of] problem?

   رح يرجع شي يوم

   raḥ yirjaʿ šī yōm.

   He’ll come back some day.

Adverb

شي • (šī)

1. circa, about

   لازم تنطرلك شي عشرين دقيقه

   lāzim tunṭurlak šī ʿišrīn-i dʾīʾa.

   You have to wait for about twenty minutes.

2. just, barely

   ما بدها هالقد شرح يعني شي إنك توصلهن الفكرة

   ma badd(h)a hal-ʾadd šarḥ yaʿni šī ʾinnak twaṣṣell(h)on l-fikra

   It doesn't need this much explaining, like it's enough just to get the idea across to them

   لسا شي طلعت من البيت

   lissa šī ṭliʿt mni l-bēt

   (Syrian) I only just left the house.

Particle

شي • (šī)

1. Optionally marks a yes-or-no question, used with intransitive verbs or after the object of a transitive verb

   عنا حليب شي؟

   ʿinna ḥalīb šī?

   Do we have milk?

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شَيْء (šayʔ).

Noun

شي • (šī) m (plural أشيا (ʔašya) or إشيا (ʔišya))

1. Alternative form of إشي (ʔiši): thing

Derived terms

• كل شي (kull ši, “everything”)
• ولا شي (wala ši, “nothing”)

Pronoun

شي • (šī or ši)

1. Alternative form of إشي (ʔiši): something; anything

Determiner

شي • (ši)

1. akin to an indefinite article: some, any, one

   يا ريت أشوفه إذا برجع شي يوم.

   yā rēt ʔašūfo ʔiza birjaʕ ši yōm

   I would love to see him if he comes back someday.