English → Arabic
none in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- lā shayʾa
- Arabizi
la shay- Type
- pronoun
- Root
- ش ي ء
How to use it
"None" translates to لا شيء, used to indicate the absence of anything. It functions as a pronoun and does not change for gender or number. In negative sentences, it often follows the verb.
Example sentences
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لاَ شَيْءَ يَجْدُرُ القِلَادَةَ.
lā shayʾa yajduru al‑qilādata.
Nothing is worth the necklace.
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سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ، فَقَالَ لاَ شَيْءَ.
saʾaltuhu ʿani al‑sāʿati, faqāla lā shayʾa.
I asked him about the time, and he said none.
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لاَ شَيْءَ يُحْدِثُ هَذَا.
lā shayʾa yuḥdithu hādhā.
Nothing causes this.
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.
(none)
(لاشيء)
Select None
لا تنتق أي شيئ
Against: None
المعارضون: لا أحد
None too soon.
والحقيقة أن هذا القرار لم يكن متعجلاً.
Basically none.
مبدئيا لا شيئ.
Abstaining: None
الممتنعون: لا أحد
HE: Almost none.
هو: تقريباً ولا واحدة.
Abstentions: None
الممتنعون: لا أحد
Unfortunately none.
للأسف لا، لم أحضر أي مؤتمر للأصوات العالمية.
Period. None. Zero.
نقطة. لا شيء. صفر.
For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
لان ليس احد منا يعيش لذاته ولا احد يموت لذاته.
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
ليس من يفهم. ليس من يطلب الله.
Questions and answers
Can I use "لا شيء" for plural absence?
Yes, it already means "not any" and works for singular or plural.
Is there a shorter colloquial form?
In spoken Arabic people often say "ما في شي" (ma fī shī).
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