شتاء

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ش ت و (š-t-w). Compare Hebrew סְתָו (s'táv, autumn, fall).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃi.taːʔ/
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Noun[edit]

شِتَاء (šitāʔm (plural أَشْتِيَة (ʔaštiya) or شُتِيّ (šutiyy))

  1. winter
    أُحِبُّ الشِتَاءَ وَبُرُودَتَهُ وَتَسَاقُطَ الثُلُوجِ.
    ʔuḥibbu aš-šitāʔa waburūdatahu watasāquṭa ṯ-ṯulūji.
    I love the winter and its coldness and the snowfall.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 106:2:
      إِيلَافِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ الشِّتَاءِ وَٱلصَّيْفِ
      ʔīlāfihim riḥlata aš-šitāʔi wa-ṣ-ṣayfi
      For their convenience in of journey in winter and summer.

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See also[edit]

Seasons in Arabic · فُصُول (fuṣūl) (layout · text) · category
رَبِيع (rabīʕ, spring) صَيْف (ṣayf, summer) خَرِيف (ḵarīf, autumn) شِتَاء (šitāʔ, winter)

Noun[edit]

شِتَاء (šitāʔm

  1. verbal noun of شَاتَى (šātā) (form III)

Declension[edit]