أي ما

Arabic

Pronoun

أَيٌّ مَا or أَيًّا مَا or أَيٍّ مَا or أَيُّمَا or أَيَّمَا or أَيِّمَا • (ʔayyun mā or ʔayyan mā or ʔayyin mā or ʔayyumā or ʔayyamā or ʔayyimā) ?

1. (conditional) whichever, whichsoever
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:110:

     أَیࣰّا مَّا تَدۡعُوا۟ فَلَهُ ٱلۡأَسۡمَاۤءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ

     ʾayyam mā tadʿū fa-lahu l-ʾasmāʾu l-ḥusnā

     [... by] whatever [name] you call upon [Him], to Him belong the best names.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:28:

     أَيَّمَا الْأَجَلَيْنِ قَضَيْتُ فَلَا عُدْوَانَ عَلَيَّ

     ʔayyamā al-ʔajalayni qaḍaytu falā ʕudwāna ʕalayya

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Declension

Declension of pronoun أَيٌّ مَا (ʔayyun mā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	— —	—	— —
Nominative	أَيٌّ مَا ʔayyun mā	—	أَيُّمَا ʔayyumā
Accusative	أَيًّا مَا ʔayyan mā	—	أَيَّمَا ʔayyamā
Genitive	أَيٍّ مَا ʔayyin mā	—	أَيِّمَا ʔayyimā