ArabicGenius عَبْقَرِيُّ العَرَبِيَّةِ
shāʾa

want, desire, wish

شاءَ

Word

Verb

Root

ش و ء

Forms

Present
يَشاءُ

In the library

يَكَادُ الْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ ۖ كُلَّمَا أَضَاءَ لَهُمْ مَشَوْا فِيهِ وَإِذَا أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا ۚ وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَارِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

The Qurʾān, page 4 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ شاءَيَشاءُ—
she هِيَ شاءَتتَشاءُ—
they two (m.) هُما شاءايَشاءانِ—
they two (f.) هُما شاءَتاتَشاءانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ شاءُوايَشاءُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ شِئْنَيَشَأْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ شِئْتَتَشاءُشاءْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ شِئْتِتَشاءِينَشاءِي
you two أَنْتُما شِئْتُماتَشاءانِشاءَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ شِئْتُمتَشاءُونَشاءُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ شِئْتُنَّتَشَأْنَشاءْنَ
I أَنا شِئْتُأَشاءُ—
we نَحْنُ شِئْنانَشاءُ—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries
  • شَآءَنِى Form I He preceded me, or outwent me
    , formed by transposition from شَآنِى, aor. يَشُوْءُ and يَشِىْءُ, [but the latter form of the aor. is disallowed by MF,] He preceded me, or outwent me. (K.) -A2- And He grieved me. (K.) ― -b2- And He pleased me. (K.) Thus it bears two contr. significations. (TA.) And شُوأْتُهُ, aor. أَشُوْوأُهُ, I pleased him. (Lth, O.) ― -b3- And شُوأْتُ بِهِ I was pleased with, and rejoiced in, him, or it. (Lth, O, K.) [See also art. شأو.]
  • شَآءٌ Open entry
    , n. un. شَاةٌ: see art. شوه.
  • شَيِّآنٌ Far-sighted
    , (K, TA, and L in art. تيح,) in form like the dual of سَيِّدٌ [except as to the final vowel], (TA,) [erroneously written in the CK شَيْيأاٰن,] and شَيَّآنٌ, like تَيِّحَانٌ and تَيَّحَانٌ [q. v.], (L in art. تيح,) [applied to a man,] Far-sighted; (K;) either in the proper sense, or metonymically applied to a man characterized by deliberation, and reflection, and looking to the results of affairs. (TA.) Each is also applied as an epithet to a horse. (L in art. تيح.) [The radical letters of this epithet are either شوأ or شيأ; therefore it is mentioned again in art. شيأ; and another form thereof, without ء, (شَيَّان,) is mentioned in art. شوى.]

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