How to say "oh, hey (Arabic vocative particle) → Hebrew slang interjection prefix" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningoh, hey (Arabic vocative particle) → Hebrew slang interjection prefix
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
يَا
yāיא
يا
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
יא
yaيَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
The bare vocative particle that opens direct address in Arabic — يا حبيبي, يا الله, يا زلمة. Israeli slang absorbed it as a free-floating intensifier all its own, tacked onto Hebrew and Arabic words alike: יא מניאק, יא אלוף.
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In a phrase
يَا صَدِيقِي
yā ṣadīqīיא צדיקיoh, my friend
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