"شاء من شاء وأبى من أبى" meaning in Arabic

See شاء من شاء وأبى من أبى in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

Forms: شاءَ مَنْ شاءَ وَ أَبَى مَنْ أَبَى [canonical], šāʔa man šāʔa waʔabā man ʔabā [romanization]
Etymology: Literally: “may whoever wants it want it and whoever refuses refuse”, implying that it does not make a difference. Head templates: {{head|ar|phrase|head=شاءَ مَنْ شاءَ وَأَبَى مَنْ أَبَى}} شاءَ مَنْ شاءَ وَأَبَى مَنْ أَبَى • (šāʔa man šāʔa waʔabā man ʔabā)
  1. willy-nilly Synonyms: طَوْعاً أَوْ كَرْهاً (ṭawʕan ʔaw karhan)
    Sense id: en-شاء_من_شاء_وأبى_من_أبى-ar-phrase-5AE~73dD Categories (other): Arabic coordinated pairs, Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic entries with language name categories using raw markup

Download JSON data for شاء من شاء وأبى من أبى meaning in Arabic (1.4kB)

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally: “may whoever wants it want it and whoever refuses refuse”, implying that it does not make a difference.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "شاءَ مَنْ شاءَ وَ أَبَى مَنْ أَبَى",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šāʔa man šāʔa waʔabā man ʔabā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "شاءَ مَنْ شاءَ وَأَبَى مَنْ أَبَى"
      },
      "expansion": "شاءَ مَنْ شاءَ وَأَبَى مَنْ أَبَى • (šāʔa man šāʔa waʔabā man ʔabā)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic coordinated pairs",
          "parents": [
            "Coordinated pairs",
            "Terms by etymology"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "willy-nilly"
      ],
      "id": "en-شاء_من_شاء_وأبى_من_أبى-ar-phrase-5AE~73dD",
      "links": [
        [
          "willy-nilly",
          "willy-nilly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "ṭawʕan ʔaw karhan",
          "word": "طَوْعاً أَوْ كَرْهاً"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "شاء من شاء وأبى من أبى"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Literally: “may whoever wants it want it and whoever refuses refuse”, implying that it does not make a difference.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "شاءَ مَنْ شاءَ وَ أَبَى مَنْ أَبَى",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šāʔa man šāʔa waʔabā man ʔabā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "شاءَ مَنْ شاءَ وَأَبَى مَنْ أَبَى"
      },
      "expansion": "شاءَ مَنْ شاءَ وَأَبَى مَنْ أَبَى • (šāʔa man šāʔa waʔabā man ʔabā)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic coordinated pairs",
        "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Arabic entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "Arabic lemmas",
        "Arabic multiword terms",
        "Arabic phrases"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "willy-nilly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "willy-nilly",
          "willy-nilly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ṭawʕan ʔaw karhan",
      "word": "طَوْعاً أَوْ كَرْهاً"
    }
  ],
  "word": "شاء من شاء وأبى من أبى"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Arabic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.