FromArabicعِشَاء(ʕišāʔ,“evening, night”), inصَلَاةُ العِشَاء(ṣalātu l-ʕišāʔ,“night prayer”).
isha (uncountable)
- (Islam) Theevening/night Islamicprayer.
isha
- first-personsingularimperfectindicative ofjam
të isha
- first-personsingularimperfectsubjunctive ofjam
le të isha
- first-personsingularimperfectjussive ofjam
ī̀shā f (possessed formī̀shar̃)
- alternative form oflī̀shā
isha
- Rōmaji transcription ofいしゃ
isha
- second-personsingularimperative ofseha
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Proto-Sabaki *-isya, Nurse and Hinnebusch, Swahili and Sabaki, p 375-376”)
-isha (infinitivekwisha)
- tofinish,end
This verb can be used as an auxiliary verb, followed by an infinitive or bare stem, meaning "already".
| Conjugation of-isha |
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| Infinitives |
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| Imperatives |
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| Tensed forms |
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| Habitual | huisha |
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| Positive past | positive subject concord + -likuisha |
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| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuisha |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakuisha) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | ninakuisha/nakuisha | tunakuisha |
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| 2nd person | unakuisha | mnakuisha |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | anakuisha | wanakuisha |
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| other classes | positive subject concord + -nakuisha |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -ishi) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | siishi | hatuishi |
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| 2nd person | huishi | hamwishi |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | haishi | hawaishi |
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| other classes | negative subject concord + -ishi |
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| Positive future | positive subject concord + -takuisha |
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| Negative future | negative subject concord + -takuisha |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ishe) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | niishe | tuishe |
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| 2nd person | uishe | mwishe |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | aishe | waishe |
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| other classes | positive subject concord + -ishe |
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| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -siishe |
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| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngekuisha |
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| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singekuisha |
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| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalikuisha |
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| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalikuisha |
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| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mekuisha |
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| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshakuisha |
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| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jaisha |
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| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kiisha |
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| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipokuisha |
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| Consecutive | kaisha /positive subject concord + -kaisha |
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| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kaishe |
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |
Borrowed fromArabicعِشَاء(ʕišāʔ).[1]
isha classIX (pluralisha classX)
- (Islam)nightprayers
- ^Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020),Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten;145), Leiden • Boston: Brill,→ISBN,page209 Nr. 1872
FromProto-Arawak*ʔitʰa.
isha
- blood
