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شير

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of days, specifically the naming of Saturday in pre-Islamic Arabia. It also touches upon the grammatical treatment of certain words and their plurals.

Derived headwords

شِيَارnoun
  1. 1.
    Saturdayclassical

    The name for the day of Saturday in pre-Islamic Arabia, as it was called by the Arabs.

أُشِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    daysclassical

    A plural form of a word related to days, possibly referring to specific named days.

شِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    daysclassical

    Another plural form, with a kasra on the initial letter, referring to days.

شَيْرnoun
  1. 1.
    daysclassical

    A plural form of a word related to days, possibly referring to specific named days.

Parallel reading

يوم السبت في الجاهلية، هاكذا كانت العرب تسميه
Saturday in the Jahiliyyah, thus the Arabs used to name it.
أؤمل أن أعيش وأن يومي بأول أو بأهون أو جبار أو التالي دبار
I hope to live and that my day will be 'Awwal, or 'Ahwan, or Jabbar, or the following Dabar.
فإن يفتني فمؤنس أو عروبة أو شيار
If I miss them, then Mu'nis, or 'Uruba, or Shiyar.
ج: أشير، وشير
Plural: Ashir, and Shir.
وإن شئت قلت ثلاثة شير بالكسر
And if you wish, you say three 'shir' with a kasra.
تسكن الياء وتبنيها على فعل لتسلم الياء
The yaa is made silent and it is constructed on the pattern 'fa'al' so that the yaa remains sound.
كما تقول صيود وصيد وصيد
As you say Sayud, Sayd, and Sayd.