شاة

See also: شاه, ساہ, and شاہ

Arabic

Alternative forms

• شَاهَة (šāha)

Etymology

Found under the root ش و ه (š-w-h) in Lane (see below), and in a cross-reference under the same root in Wehr (see below). Compare Hebrew שֶׂה (śe, “lamb”), Ugaritic 𐎘𐎀𐎚 (ṯảt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːh/

Noun

شَاة • (šāh) m or f (singulative, collective شَاء m (šāʔ), dual شَاتَانِ (šātāni), paucal شِوَاه (šiwāh) or شِيَاه (šiyāh))

1. a sheep
2. a ewe, a female sheep

Usage notes

The gender is unclear, as is whether the gender varies depending on the sense of the noun.

Declension

Declension of noun شَاة (šāh)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَاة šāt	الشَّاة aš-šāt	شَاة šāt
Nominative	شَاةٌ šātun	الشَّاةُ aš-šātu	شَاةُ šātu
Accusative	شَاةً šātan	الشَّاةَ aš-šāta	شَاةَ šāta
Genitive	شَاةٍ šātin	الشَّاةِ aš-šāti	شَاةِ šāti
Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَاء šāʔ	الشَّاء aš-šāʔ	شَاء šāʔ
Nominative	شَاءٌ šāʔun	الشَّاءُ aš-šāʔu	شَاءُ šāʔu
Accusative	شَاءً šāʔan	الشَّاءَ aš-šāʔa	شَاءَ šāʔa
Genitive	شَاءٍ šāʔin	الشَّاءِ aš-šāʔi	شَاءِ šāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَاتَيْن šātayn	الشَّاتَيْن aš-šātayn	شَاتَيْ šātay
Nominative	شَاتَانِ šātāni	الشَّاتَانِ aš-šātāni	شَاتَا šātā
Accusative	شَاتَيْنِ šātayni	الشَّاتَيْنِ aš-šātayni	شَاتَيْ šātay
Genitive	شَاتَيْنِ šātayni	الشَّاتَيْنِ aš-šātayni	شَاتَيْ šātay
Paucal (3-10)	basic broken paucal triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِوَاه‎; شِيَاه šiwāh‎; šiyāh	الشِّوَاه‎; الشِّيَاه aš-šiwāh‎; aš-šiyāh	شِوَاه‎; شِيَاه šiwāh‎; šiyāh
Nominative	شِوَاهٌ‎; شِيَاهٌ šiwāhun‎; šiyāhun	الشِّوَاهُ‎; الشِّيَاهُ aš-šiwāhu‎; aš-šiyāhu	شِوَاهُ‎; شِيَاهُ šiwāhu‎; šiyāhu
Accusative	شِوَاهًا‎; شِيَاهًا šiwāhan‎; šiyāhan	الشِّوَاهَ‎; الشِّيَاهَ aš-šiwāha‎; aš-šiyāha	شِوَاهَ‎; شِيَاهَ šiwāha‎; šiyāha
Genitive	شِوَاهٍ‎; شِيَاهٍ šiwāhin‎; šiyāhin	الشِّوَاهِ‎; الشِّيَاهِ aš-šiwāhi‎; aš-šiyāhi	شِوَاهِ‎; شِيَاهِ šiwāhi‎; šiyāhi

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “شاة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “شوه”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “شاء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN