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шайих

[ʃaˈjiχ]

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loanword

Phonology syllables, stress, spelling Show ▾ Hide ▴
Transcription
[ʃaˈjiχ]
Plain keyboard
shayikh · ASCII, no special letters
Syllables
ша·йих · 2 syllables
Sound pattern
CV.CVC · C = consonant, V = vowel
Latin spelling
šayix

Syllables, stress pattern and Latin spelling are worked out from the spelling by rule.

Meaning

  1. 1

    sheikh, saint

    шейх, святой

  2. 2

    spiritual leader

    духовный вождь

Social Religion Islam

Grammar what kind of word it is, and how it behaves Show ▾ Hide ▴
Part of speech
Noun
Noun class
class I · men and boys
Declension
First Declension (-с)
Number
countable · has a singular and a plural
Plural
шайихзаби
Borrowed
Yes
From language
arabic
Etymology
loanword
Etymology language
arabic
Database id
304329
Added
2026-09-01
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Morphology and grammar info 20 stored forms · Grey means we worked it out by rule, not from a text. Show ▾ Hide ▴

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🔤 Noun Cases
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Core Cases
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Nominative who / what
шайих
🔒 284
шайихзаби
🔒 10
Ergative by whom
шайихас
🔒 43
шайихзабаз
🔒 3
Genitive of whom / of what
шайихасул
🔒 76
шайихзабазул
🔒 18
Dative to whom
шайихасе
🔒 2
шайихзабазе
🔒 1
Locative (Spatial) Cases
Series 1 -да · on, on the surface
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Locative where
шайихасда
🔒 9
шайихзабазда
🔒 1
Allative to where
шайихасде
🔒 3
шайихзабазде
0
Ablative from where
шайихасдаса
🔒 2
шайихзабаздаса
🔒 4
Perlative through / along
шайихасдасан
0
шайихзабаздасан
0
Series 2 -хъ · at, by, near
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Locative where
шайихасухъ
0
шайихзабазухъ
0
Allative to where
шайихасухъе
🔒 1
шайихзабазухъе
0
Ablative from where
шайихасухъа
0
шайихзабазухъа
0
Perlative through / along
шайихасухъан
0
шайихзабазухъан
0
Series 3 -лъ · in, inside
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Locative where
шайихасулъ
0
шайихзабазулъ
0
Allative to where
шайихасулъе
0
шайихзабазулъе
0
Ablative from where
шайихасулъа
0
шайихзабазулъа
0
Perlative through / along
шайихасулъан
0
шайихзабазулъан
0
Series 4 -кь · under, beneath
Case Singular In texts Plural In texts
Locative where
шайихасукь
0
шайихзабазукь
0
Allative to where
шайихасукье
0
шайихзабазукье
0
Ablative from where
шайихасукьа
0
шайихзабазукьа
0
Perlative through / along
шайихасукьан
0
шайихзабазукьан
0
Usage examples 6 sentences from real texts Show ▾ Hide ▴
From the corpus sentences from real texts Show ▾ Hide ▴

  • Ханас нукарасда буюрана шайих къватӀиве гъеян.

    Хан велел нукеру выгнать шейха вон (фольк.).

    Брую - sentences

  • ГӀараб мацӀ лъалевщинав чи шайихилан ккоге.

    посл. Не считай шейхом всякого, кто знает арабский язык.

    ГӀ - sentences

  • шайих МухӀамад Ярагъиясул муридзаби

    последователи шейха Магомеда Ярагского

    М - phrases

  • тӀарикъаталъул шайихзабазул силсила

    цепочка имён шейхов суфийского толка

    С - phrases

  • Шайих халваталъув вуго.

    Шейх находится в келье.

    Х - sentences

  • шайихасул хоб

    могила святого (шейха)

    Х - phrases

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