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).

Noun

شَاة (šāh) m, f (singulative, collective شَاء (šāʾ), 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

References

  • شاة” in J.A. Haywood and H.M. Nahmad (1965), A new Arabic grammar (second edition), London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), شوه”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, 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
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