Arabic vocabulary

شَاةsheep in Arabic

شَاة is how you say “sheep” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

قَالَ أَنْ تَلِدَ الْأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا، وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ
He said, 'That a slave woman will give birth to her mistress, and that you will see barefoot, unclothed, destitute shepherds competing in erecting tall buildings.'
الشَّاءِ — of sheep. The owning half of 'shepherds of sheep', carrying the (genitive) ending and lending the pairing its definiteness. It is set right after its head noun with no separate 'of'. This is the same bare-juxtaposition possessive seen across these texts.
From: When Gabriel Came to Teach →

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