Arabic Anybody Anyone Anything Anytime Anyway Anywhere İn Arabic

Arabic Anybody Anyone Anything Anytime Anyway Anywhere İn Arabic

Anybody	‘ayy(u) shakhs(in)	أَيُّ شَخْصٍ
Anyone	‘ayy(u) waahid(in)	أَيُّ وَاْحِدٍ
	‘ayy(u) ‘ahad(in)	أَيُّ أَحَدٍ
Anything	‘ayy(u) shay'(in)	أَيُّ شَيْءٍ
Anytime	‘ayy(u) waqt(in)	أَيُّ وَقْتٍ
	‘ayy(u) zamaan(in)	أَيُّ زَمَاْنٍ
	‘ayy(u) zaman(in)	أَيُّ زَمَنٍ
	‘ayy(u) heen(in)	أَيُّ حِيْنٍ
	‘ayy(u) ‘awaan(in)	أَيُّ أَوَاْنٍ
	‘ayy(u) saa”a(tin)	أَيُّ سَاْعَةٍ
Anyway	‘ayy(u) tareeqa(tin)	أَيُّ طَرِيْقَةٍ
	‘ayy(u) waseela(tin)	أَيُّ وَسِيْلَةٍ
Anywhere	‘ayy(u) makaan(in)	أَيُّ مَكَاْنٍ

 

 

‘ayy(un)

When‘ayy(u)is not in the construct state, or not a first part of a genitive construction, it will not only have Nunation or tanween‘ayy(un), but it will also lose its interrogative function and will always mean “any” instead of “which (of)?”

 

 

However, “any” alone does not provide a full meaning, and this word will usually be followed by the preposition min = “from/of” and a plural word, or a pronoun referring to plural, to complete its meaning.

‘ayy(un)–min-the units

any–of–the units

 

Examples:

لَمْ يَأْتِ أَيٌّمِنَ الْبَطِّ

lam ya'<ti ‘ayy(un) min(a) (‘a)l-batt(i)

= did not come any of the ducks

Translation: no one of the ducks came

no one of the ducks have come

 

لَمْ أَرَأَيًّامِنْهُمْ

lam ‘ara ‘ayy(an) min-hum

= did not (I) see any of them

Translation: I didn’t see any of them

I haven’t seen any of them

 

لَنْ تَجِدُوْا أَيًّا مِنْهَاْ

lan tajidoo ‘ayy(an) min-haa

= will not (you plu. masc.) find any of her/it

Translation: you won’t find any of it/them

 

 

‘ayy(u) as Intensifier

‘ayy(u) can be used in an intensive style as follows:

 

إِيَاْدٌ قَاْئِدٌ أَيُّ قَاْئِدٍ !ه

‘iyaad(un) qaa’id(un) ‘ayy(u) qaa’id(in)

= Iyad (is) a leader which (of) a leader

Translation: Iyad is a great leader!

Iyad is one hell of a leader!

 

الْجَوُّ حَاْرٌّ أَيُّحَاْرٍّ !ه

‘al-jaww(u) haarr(un) ‘ayy(u) haarr(in)

= the weather (is) a hot (one) which (of) a hot (one)