ڛِي
ŝi
basic morphological information

pron.

anything
что-то
شيء
LS 428; CSOL I 663; CSOL II 595; Naumkin et al. 2015a:87; CSOL III 221
text examples

a. ḥabérɛn bes ḷe-ˁad ŝi men έter ‘There is a bit of coldness this day, as if something from Eter remained behind’ (CSOL II 30:18)

b. ŝi al-ˁeḳáḷoʰ ľa έˀɛfo wa-ľa ḳénho ‘She spared nothing, neither people nor cattle’ (CSOL I 8:2)

 

 

semantic notes

In negative clauses is used as a negative pronoun (b).

root
ŝi
etymology

Also in Jib. ŝe ‘thing’. For a detailed etymological analysis (including an eventual borrowing from Arb. šayˀ-) see Kogan 2015:591. 

By regular expression