ماشية

Arabic

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).

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

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 ʔarḍin faʔinnahū yanquṣu min ʔajrihī 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 of noun مَاشِيَة (māšiya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	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)
Plural	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

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

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