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شاء

to want, to wish, to will /ˈʃaː.ʔa/

verbA2#768 most common

Also: to wish, to will, to do as one pleases

Example sentences

إِن شاءَ اللّٰه، سَنُسافِرُ غَداً.
God willing, we will travel tomorrow.
اِفعَلْ ما تَشاء.
Do what you want.
خُذْ ما تَشاءُ مِنَ الكُتُب.
Take what you want from the books.
لَو شِئتُ لَساعَدتُكَ في هذا العَمَل.
Had I wished, I would have helped you with this work.
يَخلُقُ اللّٰهُ ما يَشاءُ ويَختارُ.
God creates what He wills and chooses.
مَن شاءَ فَليُؤمِن ومَن شاءَ فَليَكفُر.
Whoever wishes, let him believe; and whoever wishes, let him disbelieve.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأَشاءُشِئْتُسَأَشاءُ
2sgتَشاءُشِئْتَسَتَشاءُ
3sgيَشاءُشاءَسَيَشاءُ
1plنَشاءُشِئْناسَنَشاءُ
2plتَشاؤونَشِئْتُمْسَتَشاؤونَ
3plيَشاؤونَشاؤواسَيَشاؤونَ

Word family

مَشيئةwill, volition
شَيءthing
إِن شاءَ اللّٰهGod willing
يَشاءhe wills (present)
أَشياءthings (plural of شيء)

Etymology

شاءَ is a Form I verb from the Semitic triliteral root ش-ي-ء (sh-y-ʾ). The same root gives the noun شَيء (shayʾ), 'thing,' and مَشيئة (mashīʾa), 'will.' It is a hollow verb: the middle radical surfaces as a long ā in the past tense and as a glide in other forms.

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