شاء

Compare Akkadian 𒆥𒆥 (še'ûm, “to seek”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃaː.ʔa/

شَاءَ • (šāʔa) I (non-past يَشَاءُ (yašāʔu), verbal noun مَشِيئَة (mašīʔa))

1. to will, to want, to intend, to wish
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:212:

     زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٱ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ وَٱللّٰهُ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

     zuyyina lillaḏīna kafarū l-ḥayātu d-dunyā wayasḵarūna mina llaḏīna ʔāmanū wāllaḏīna ttaqaw fawqahum yawma l-qiyāmati wal-lāhu yarzuqu man yašāʔu biḡayri ḥisābin

     Beautified is the life of this world for those who disbelieve, and they mock at those who believe. But those who fear are above them on the Day of Resurrection, and Allah begifts whom He wills without account.

• أَرَادَ (ʔarāda)

• إِنْ شَاءَ اللّٰهُ (ʔin šāʔa llāhu)
• مَا شَاءَ اللّٰهُ (mā šāʔa llāhu)

شَاءٍ • (šāʔin) (feminine شَائِيَة (šāʔiya), masculine plural شَاؤُونَ (šāʔūna), feminine plural شَائِيَات (šāʔiyāt))

1. active participle of شَاءَ (šāʔa)

Found under the root ش و ه (š-w-h) in Lane (see below); in Wehr (see below), listed under ش و ء (š-w-ʔ), whereas the paucal plural شِوَاه (šiwāh) is cross-referenced under ش و ه (š-w-h). Compare Hebrew שֶׂה (śe).

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːʔ/

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

1. (collective) sheep
2. ewes, female sheep

The gender of the collective is unclear; it is also unclear if it varies depending on the meaning. The forms شِوَاه (šiwāh) and شِيَاء (šiyāʔ) are simply listed as plurals in Wehr, which would normally imply a plural of multiplicity or variety, but specifically noted as applying to 3-10 animals (i.e. paucal) in Lane.

• ضَأْن (ḍaʔn)
• غَنَم (ḡanam)

• 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