شيمة

Arabic

Root
ش ي م (š y m)
6 terms

Etymology

Compare Akkadian šīmtum (“fate, lot, trait”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiː.ma/

Noun

شِيمَة • (šīma) f (plural شِيَم (šiyam) or شِيمَات (šīmāt))

1. trait, natural disposition, inherent property

Declension

Declension of noun شِيمَة (šīma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِيمَة šīma	الشِّيمَة aš-šīma	شِيمَة šīmat
Nominative	شِيمَةٌ šīmatun	الشِّيمَةُ aš-šīmatu	شِيمَةُ šīmatu
Accusative	شِيمَةً šīmatan	الشِّيمَةَ aš-šīmata	شِيمَةَ šīmata
Genitive	شِيمَةٍ šīmatin	الشِّيمَةِ aš-šīmati	شِيمَةِ šīmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِيمَتَيْن šīmatayn	الشِّيمَتَيْن aš-šīmatayn	شِيمَتَيْ šīmatay
Nominative	شِيمَتَانِ šīmatāni	الشِّيمَتَانِ aš-šīmatāni	شِيمَتَا šīmatā
Accusative	شِيمَتَيْنِ šīmatayni	الشِّيمَتَيْنِ aš-šīmatayni	شِيمَتَيْ šīmatay
Genitive	شِيمَتَيْنِ šīmatayni	الشِّيمَتَيْنِ aš-šīmatayni	شِيمَتَيْ šīmatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِيَم‎; شِيمَات šiyam‎; šīmāt	الشِّيَم‎; الشِّيمَات aš-šiyam‎; aš-šīmāt	شِيَم‎; شِيمَات šiyam‎; šīmāt
Nominative	شِيَمٌ‎; شِيمَاتٌ šiyamun‎; šīmātun	الشِّيَمُ‎; الشِّيمَاتُ aš-šiyamu‎; aš-šīmātu	شِيَمُ‎; شِيمَاتُ šiyamu‎; šīmātu
Accusative	شِيَمًا‎; شِيمَاتٍ šiyaman‎; šīmātin	الشِّيَمَ‎; الشِّيمَاتِ aš-šiyama‎; aš-šīmāti	شِيَمَ‎; شِيمَاتِ šiyama‎; šīmāti
Genitive	شِيَمٍ‎; شِيمَاتٍ šiyamin‎; šīmātin	الشِّيَمِ‎; الشِّيمَاتِ aš-šiyami‎; aš-šīmāti	شِيَمِ‎; شِيمَاتِ šiyami‎; šīmāti

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “شيمة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1635
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “شيمة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 690