أَشْيَاء things in Arabic
أَشْيَاء is how you say “things” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وقال قتادة أقسم بالأشياء كلها بما يبصر منها ومالا يبصر
Qatadah said: I swear by all things, what is seen of them and what is not seen.
بِالْأَشْيَاءِ by things
A 'by/with' prefix, the definite 'the', and the plural noun 'things' in one word, 'by all things'. The prefix marks what is sworn by and the noun stands in the form the preposition governs.
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إلا أنه تكدّر بأشياء وفاتته أشياء
However, it is tainted by things and missed other things.
بِأَشْيَاءَ by things
A preposition 'with / by' fused to an indefinite noun 'things', forcing its ending. It marks the means by which the book was tainted, linking the spoiling to the items that caused it.
إلا أنه تكدّر بأشياء وفاتته أشياء
However, it is tainted by things and missed other things.
أَشْيَاءُ other things
An indefinite noun, 'things / matters', the subject that did the escaping, arriving after its verb as Arabic word order allows. Its lack of 'the' marks it as 'some other things' left out.
فالأشياء التي تكدر بها عشرة
So the things that it is tainted by are ten.
الأَشْيَاءُ the things
A definite noun, 'the things', the topic the sentence is about, fronted before its verb. Sitting at the head as subject it carries the doer ending, and a describing relative clause will pin down which things.
فَصَارَ خَزَّانَةً لِهَذِهِ الأَشْيَاءِ
So it became a storehouse for these things.
الْأَشْيَاءِ things
Definite by 'al-', in the genitive ending as the noun the pointing-word 'these' leans on ('these THINGS'). It closes the phrase by naming what the storehouse is for, the four qualities just listed.