How to say "never mind, no matter (Arabic colloquial) → never mind (Israeli slang)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningnever mind, no matter (Arabic colloquial) → never mind (Israeli slang)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَعْلِيش
maʿlīshמעליש
معليش
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מעליש
ma'alishمَاءَالِيش
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
A worn-down contraction of مَا عَلَيْهِ شَيْء, 'there is nothing on it' — no harm done. Every dialect from the Gulf to Morocco has some version of it, and Israeli Hebrew borrowed the Levantine one whole, as an all-purpose 'never mind, forget it.'
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In a phrase
مَعْلِيش يَا صَاحِبِي
maʿlīsh yā ṣāḥibīמעליש יא צאחביnever mind, my friend
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