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How to say "by God! (Arabic oath) → really?!, wow (Israeli slang)" in Arabic

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Meaningby God! (Arabic oath) → really?!, wow (Israeli slang)

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

وَاللّٰه

wallāhואללה

والله

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

וואלה

wallaوَالَّا

How the two words are related

Loanword

Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).

The oath particle wa- plus Allāh: 'by God'. In Arabic it is still a real oath; Israeli slang bleached it into an all-purpose 'really?!' / 'no way' / 'well, actually' — so common it became the name of a major Israeli news portal.

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In a phrase

وَاللّٰه مَا أَعْرِف
wallāh mā aʿrifואללה מא אערף

by God, I don't know

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