ما

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1)  what?
 * 2)  some, a certain
 * 3)  that which, what
 * 4) * "ar"
 * 1)  that which, what
 * 2) * "ar"
 * 1) * "ar"
 * 1) * "ar"

- سَتُبْدِي لَكَ الْأَيَّامُ مَا كُنْتَ جَاهِلًا


 * 1) * "ar"

- وَلَعَلَّ مَا تَخْشَاهُ لَيْسَ بِكَائِن وَلَعَلَّ مَا تَرْجُوهُ سَوْفَ يَكُون وَلَعَلَّ مَا هَوَّنْتَ لَيْسَ بِهَيِّن وَلَعَلَّ مَا شَدَّدْتَ سَوْفَ يَهُون


 * 1)  whichever; whatever

Derived terms

 * , : perhaps, maybe
 * , : for what, what for, why

Particle

 * 1) not; never

Conjunction

 * 1) as long as

Adverb

 * 1) whenever
 * 2) as far as, to the extent that, to the degree that
 * 3)  (oh) how...!
 * 1)  (oh) how...!
 * 1)  (oh) how...!

Usage notes

 * If the negated sentence has a, the subject complement may occur in the nominative (like the subject), the accusative (as it would in a sentence negated instead with ), or (with ) the genitive (as it would in a sentence negated instead with ).
 * The above accusative construction is called in Arabic. This pattern originated from  meaning “what, something” and the accusative comparative being homophonic to a transitive verb meaning “to make...”. So the example sentence “مَا أَجْمَلَ ٱلْحَيَاةَ” “How beautiful life is!” has the origins in the meaning “Something / What made the life so beautiful?”
 * There is another rarer pattern for exclamations, which uses the imperative form of the verb:

Etymology
From.

Particle

 * 1) that

Particle

 * 1) particle expressing emphasis
 * 2) used with suffix -š to express negation
 * 1) used with suffix -š to express negation
 * 1) used with suffix -š to express negation

Pronoun

 * 1) what?
 * 2) certain
 * 1) certain

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1)  water

Etymology 2
From.

Pronunciation

 * Usually unstressed and shortened to.
 * Usually unstressed and shortened to.

Particle

 * 1)  not

Etymology 3
From.

Pronoun

 * 1)   that which, what

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Determiner

 * 1) my

Etymology
From, from , genitive plural form of the first person plural pronoun.

Pronoun

 * 1) we
 * 2)  us
 * 3)  our

Interjection

 * 1) sound of a cow, moo

Etymology 1
From.

Particle

 * 1) don't, didn't

Usage notes

 * Usually this is stressed. However, it can optionally be used together with, in which case the stress shifts to the end of the verbal phrase.

Etymology 2
From.

Particle

 * 1) ; -ever
 * 2) ; does, did
 * Invariable form:
 * 1) ; does, did
 * Invariable form:
 * 1) ; does, did
 * Invariable form:
 * 1) ; does, did
 * Invariable form:
 * Invariable form:
 * Invariable form:

Usage notes

 * In all these senses the is unstressed. In the fourth sense, the contradicting phrase should be uttered with rising intonation to distinguish this sense of  from the sense of negation. When a subject pronoun is used in the fourth sense,  precedes it; this yields the invariable form  used before nominal phrases with the same meaning.

Etymology
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) I, me