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حَيْثُما
wherever /ħajθuˈmaː/
particleB2#3246 most common
Also: in whatever place, no matter where
Example sentences
اِذْهَبْ حَيْثُما تُرِدْ.
Go wherever you want.
حَيْثُما تَذْهَبْ أَذْهَبْ مَعَكَ.
Wherever you go, I go with you.
سَأَجِدُكَ حَيْثُما تَكُنْ.
I will find you wherever you are.
حَيْثُما وُجِدَ الماءُ، وُجِدَتِ الحَياةُ.
Wherever water is found, life is found.
يَنْبَغي أَنْ نَنْشُرَ العَدْلَ حَيْثُما حَلَلْنا.
We should spread justice wherever we settle.
حَيْثُما تُوَجِّهِ النَّظَرَ تَجِدْ أَثَراً لِحَضارَةٍ عَريقَةٍ.
Wherever you direct your gaze, you find a trace of an ancient civilization.
Word family
حَيْثُwhere; in that, sinceأَيْنَماwherever (synonym)
بِحَيْثُsuch that, so that
حَيْثِيَّةaspect; standing, prestige
مِنْ حَيْثُin terms of, from the standpoint of
Etymology
حَيْثُما is a compound. It joins حَيْثُ, a native Arabic adverb of place meaning 'where', with ما, a generalizing particle that turns a plain adverb into an open, conditional one. The same pattern gives أَيْنَما (wherever) and كَيْفَما (however). Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European ancestry, and no confirmed PIE root applies here.
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