English → Arabic
anybody in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- ayyū shakhṣin
- Arabizi
ayy shakhS- Type
- pronoun
- Root
- أ ي ش
How to use it
"Anybody" is an indefinite pronoun meaning any person, without restriction. Arabic usually uses أَيُّ شَخْصٍ (any person) or simply أيّ شخص. Both are neutral and work in questions, negatives, and conditionals.
Example sentences
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هَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَيُّ شَخْصٍ أَنْ يَحُلَّ هَذِهِ المُشْكِلَةَ؟
hal yastaṭīʿu ayyū shakhṣin an yaḥulla hādhihi al-mushkilata?
Can anybody solve this problem?
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أَرْسِلْ رِسَالَةً إِلَى أَيِّ شَخْصٍ يَجِدُهُ هَذَا مُفِيدًا.
arsil risālatan ilā ayy shakhṣin yajidu hādhā mufīdan.
Send a message to anybody who finds this useful.
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أَحَدٌ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُساعِدَ أَيَّ شَخْصٍ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ.
aḥadun yastaṭīʿu an yusāʿida ayy shakhṣin yaḥtāju ilayhi.
Someone can help anybody who needs it.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Anybody? Nobody.
هل من أحد؟ لا أحد.
Has anybody seen Tom?
هل شاهدتم توم؟
She didn't visit anybody.
هي لم تزر أحدا.
This costs, anybody guess?
يكلف هذا، أي تخمين؟
Anybody know what this is?
هل تعرفون ما هي؟
Anybody can do it, turns out.
تبين ان أي شخص يمكن أن يفعل ذلك.
They're not inspiring anybody.
هم لا يُلهمون اي احد
Nowadays anybody can get books.
في أيامنا هذه، بإمكان أي واحد أن يحصل على الكتب.
I don't even know anybody there.
لا أعرف أي شخص هناك.
Don't trust anybody but yourself.
لا تثق بأحد عدى نفسك.
We can't be killing anybody or hurting anybody on set, or any passerby. So, safety is everything.
ولايمكننا ان نؤذي أي شخص في ساحة التصوير أو أي من المارة.. لذا فالسلامة هي كل شيء
Because we're saying that anybody can contribute things to this commons. Anybody can contribute anything.
لأننا نقول أن كل شخص يمكنه المساهمة بأشياء لهذا التقاسم. يمكن لأي شخص المساهمة بأي شئ،
Questions and answers
Is "anybody" the same as "someone"?
Not exactly; "someone" (شخص ما) implies a specific but unknown person, while "anybody" (أيّ شخص) is completely unrestricted.
Can I use أَيُّ شَخْصٍ after a negative verb?
Yes, e.g., لا يستطيع أَيُّ شَخْصٍ أن يَفْعَلَ ذلك.
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