How to say "by your life! (please, I beg you)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningby your life! (please, I beg you)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بِحَيَاتَك
bi-ḥayātakבחיאתך
بحياتك
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בבקשה ממך, בחייך
bevakasha mimkha, bekhayekhaبِڤَاكَاشَا مِمْخَا، بِخَايِخَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ح-ي-يHebrew root
ח-י-הIsraeli slang בחייאת — and the plainer בחייך — is this exact exclamation, swearing or pleading 'by your life.' The root underneath, ḥ-y-y, is the same one behind Hebrew חַי (alive) and חיים (life): the same root, just borrowed as a whole phrase rather than inherited.
Related Hebrew word:בחייאתbekhayatبِخَايَات
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In a phrase
بِحَيَاتَك سَاعِدْنِي
bi-ḥayātak sāʿidnīבחיאתך סאעדניby your life, help me!
More words from this root
More in Greetings & Essentials
- well done! (lit. may He give you health)yuʿṭīka l-ʿāfiyaيُعْطِيكَ الْعَافِيَةכל הכבוד
- get well / glad you're safesalāmtakسَلَامَتَكרפואה שלמה
- may it be pleasant (said after a shower, haircut, or swim)naʿīmanنَعِيمًاשיהיה נעים
- what's new? / what's up?mā l-akhbārمَا الْأَخْبَار؟מה חדש?
- nice to meet you (lit. we are honored)tasharrafnāتَشَرَّفْنَاנעים מאוד
- double welcome! (extra-warm hello)marḥabataynمَرْحَبَتَيْنברוך הבא, ברוך הבא!