ماشية

ماشية

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the feminine form of the active participle of the verb مَشَى‎ (mašā, “to walk”), from the root م ش ي‎ (m-š-y).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː.ʃi.ja/

Noun

مَاشِيَة • (māšiya) f (plural مَوَاشٍ‎ (mawāšin), plural construct state مَوَاشِي‎ (mawāšī))

1. cattle, livestock
   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 22:69:

     ‏مَنِ ٱقْتَنَى كَلْبًا لَيْسَ بِكَلْبِ صَيْدٍ وَلَا مَاشِيَةٍ وَلَا أَرْضٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ قِيرَاطَانِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.‏‎

     mani qtanā kalban laysa bikalbi ṣaydin walā māšiyatin walā ʾarḍin faʾinnahū yanquṣu min ʾajrihī qīrāṭāni kulla yawmin.

     He who kept a dog which is neither meant for hunting nor for watching the animals nor for watching the fields would lose two qirat every day out of his reward.

Declension

Declension of noun مَاشِيَة (māšiya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَاشِيَة māšiya	الْمَاشِيَة‎ al-māšiya	مَاشِيَة māšiyat
Nominative	مَاشِيَةٌ māšiyatun	الْمَاشِيَةُ‎ al-māšiyatu	مَاشِيَةُ māšiyatu
Accusative	مَاشِيَةً māšiyatan	الْمَاشِيَةَ‎ al-māšiyata	مَاشِيَةَ māšiyata
Genitive	مَاشِيَةٍ māšiyatin	الْمَاشِيَةِ‎ al-māšiyati	مَاشِيَةِ māšiyati
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوَاشِي‎ mawāšī	الْمَوَاشِي‎ al-mawāšī	مَوَاشِي‎ mawāšī
Nominative	مَوَاشٍ‎ mawāšin	الْمَوَاشِي‎ al-mawāšī	مَوَاشِي‎ mawāšī
Accusative	مَوَاشِيَ‎ mawāšiya	الْمَوَاشِيَ‎ al-mawāšiya	مَوَاشِيَ‎ mawāšiya
Genitive	مَوَاشٍ‎ mawāšin	الْمَوَاشِي‎ al-mawāšī	مَوَاشِي‎ mawāšī

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ماشية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen