شاطئ

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaː.tˤiʔ/

Noun

شَاطِئ • (šāṭiʔ) m (plural شَوَاطِئ (šawāṭiʔ) or شُطْآن (šuṭʔān))

1. shore, coast, seacoast, beach, strand

Declension

Declension of noun شَاطِئ (šāṭiʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَاطِئ šāṭiʔ	الشَّاطِئ aš-šāṭiʔ	شَاطِئ šāṭiʔ
Nominative	شَاطِئٌ šāṭiʔun	الشَّاطِئُ aš-šāṭiʔu	شَاطِئُ šāṭiʔu
Accusative	شَاطِئًا šāṭiʔan	الشَّاطِئَ aš-šāṭiʔa	شَاطِئَ šāṭiʔa
Genitive	شَاطِئٍ šāṭiʔin	الشَّاطِئِ aš-šāṭiʔi	شَاطِئِ šāṭiʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَاطِئَيْن šāṭiʔayn	الشَّاطِئَيْن aš-šāṭiʔayn	شَاطِئَيْ šāṭiʔay
Nominative	شَاطِئَانِ šāṭiʔāni	الشَّاطِئَانِ aš-šāṭiʔāni	شَاطِئَا šāṭiʔā
Accusative	شَاطِئَيْنِ šāṭiʔayni	الشَّاطِئَيْنِ aš-šāṭiʔayni	شَاطِئَيْ šāṭiʔay
Genitive	شَاطِئَيْنِ šāṭiʔayni	الشَّاطِئَيْنِ aš-šāṭiʔayni	شَاطِئَيْ šāṭiʔay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَوَاطِئ‎; شُطْآن šawāṭiʔ‎; šuṭʔān	الشَّوَاطِئ‎; الشُّطْآن aš-šawāṭiʔ‎; aš-šuṭʔān	شَوَاطِئ‎; شُطْآن šawāṭiʔ‎; šuṭʔān
Nominative	شَوَاطِئُ‎; شُطْآنٌ šawāṭiʔu‎; šuṭʔānun	الشَّوَاطِئُ‎; الشُّطْآنُ aš-šawāṭiʔu‎; aš-šuṭʔānu	شَوَاطِئُ‎; شُطْآنُ šawāṭiʔu‎; šuṭʔānu
Accusative	شَوَاطِئَ‎; شُطْآنًا šawāṭiʔa‎; šuṭʔānan	الشَّوَاطِئَ‎; الشُّطْآنَ aš-šawāṭiʔa‎; aš-šuṭʔāna	شَوَاطِئَ‎; شُطْآنَ šawāṭiʔa‎; šuṭʔāna
Genitive	شَوَاطِئَ‎; شُطْآنٍ šawāṭiʔa‎; šuṭʔānin	الشَّوَاطِئِ‎; الشُّطْآنِ aš-šawāṭiʔi‎; aš-šuṭʔāni	شَوَاطِئِ‎; شُطْآنِ šawāṭiʔi‎; šuṭʔāni

References

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