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شَىْء

shayin

thing

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Root letters: ش ي أAppears 283 times in the Qur'an#40 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 4

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ش ي أ

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)شَىْءٍۢ279 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)أَشْيَآءَ4 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • شَىْءٍۢthingshayin · 99 times
  • شَىْءٍthingshayin · 53 times
  • شَيْـًۭٔاanythingshayan · 40 times
  • شَىْءٍۢ ۚanythingshayin · 12 times
  • شَيْـًٔاanythingshayan · 10 times
  • شَيْـًٔا ۚanythingshayan · 8 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ش ي أ — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

You have done an atrocious thing.

Surah 19:89 — Read full ayah

But all things We have enumerated in writing.

Surah 78:29 — Read full ayah

From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

Surah 80:18 — Read full ayah