شاطئ

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش ط ء‎ (š-ṭ-ʾ). Has the form of an derived from the active participle but the corresponding verb شَتَأَ‎ (šataʾa, “to walk on the shore”) may rather be derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaː.tˤiʔ/

Noun

شَاطِئ • (šāṭiʾ) m (plural شَوَاطِئ‎ (šawāṭiʾ) or شُطْآن‎ (šuṭʾān))

1. shore, coast, seacoast, beach, strand

Declension

Declension of noun شَاطِئ (šāṭiʾ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَاطِئ šāṭiʾ	الشَّاطِئ‎ aš-šāṭiʾ	شَاطِئ šāṭiʾ
Nominative	شَاطِئٌ šāṭiʾun	الشَّاطِئُ‎ aš-šāṭiʾu	شَاطِئُ šāṭiʾu
Accusative	شَاطِئًا‎ šāṭiʾan	الشَّاطِئَ‎ aš-šāṭiʾa	شَاطِئَ šāṭiʾa
Genitive	شَاطِئٍ šāṭiʾin	الشَّاطِئِ‎ aš-šāṭiʾi	شَاطِئِ šāṭiʾi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَاطِئَيْن‎ šāṭiʾayn	الشَّاطِئَيْن‎ aš-šāṭiʾayn	شَاطِئَيْ‎ šāṭiʾay
Nominative	شَاطِئَانِ‎ šāṭiʾāni	الشَّاطِئَانِ‎ aš-šāṭiʾāni	شَاطِئَا‎ šāṭiʾā
Accusative	شَاطِئَيْنِ‎ šāṭiʾayni	الشَّاطِئَيْنِ‎ aš-šāṭiʾayni	شَاطِئَيْ‎ šāṭiʾay
Genitive	شَاطِئَيْنِ‎ šāṭiʾayni	الشَّاطِئَيْنِ‎ aš-šāṭiʾayni	شَاطِئَيْ‎ šāṭiʾay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَوَاطِئ‎‎; شُطْآن‎ šawāṭiʾ‎; šuṭʾān	الشَّوَاطِئ‎‎; الشُّطْآن‎ aš-šawāṭiʾ‎; aš-šuṭʾān	شَوَاطِئ‎‎; شُطْآن‎ šawāṭiʾ‎; šuṭʾān
Nominative	شَوَاطِئُ‎‎; شُطْآنٌ‎ šawāṭiʾu‎; šuṭʾānun	الشَّوَاطِئُ‎‎; الشُّطْآنُ‎ aš-šawāṭiʾu‎; aš-šuṭʾānu	شَوَاطِئُ‎‎; شُطْآنُ‎ šawāṭiʾu‎; šuṭʾānu
Accusative	شَوَاطِئَ‎‎; شُطْآنًا‎ šawāṭiʾa‎; šuṭʾānan	الشَّوَاطِئَ‎‎; الشُّطْآنَ‎ aš-šawāṭiʾa‎; aš-šuṭʾāna	شَوَاطِئَ‎‎; شُطْآنَ‎ šawāṭiʾa‎; šuṭʾāna
Genitive	شَوَاطِئَ‎‎; شُطْآنٍ‎ šawāṭiʾa‎; šuṭʾānin	الشَّوَاطِئِ‎‎; الشُّطْآنِ‎ aš-šawāṭiʾi‎; aš-šuṭʾāni	شَوَاطِئِ‎‎; شُطْآنِ‎ šawāṭiʾi‎; šuṭʾāni

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “شطء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN