How to say "oh my Lord (Arabic exclamation, Israeli slang)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningoh my Lord (Arabic exclamation, Israeli slang)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
يَا رَبِّي
yā rabbīיא רבי
يا ربي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
יא רבי
ya rabiيَا رَابِي
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ر-ب-بHebrew root
ר-ב-בRoot ر-ب-ب, 'to be great, to master' — and a striking structural echo: Hebrew רַבִּי, 'my master/teacher' (rabbi), is built exactly like رَبِّي, 'my Lord', same root plus the same 'my' suffix. Hebrew narrowed 'great one' down to an honorific for a teacher; Arabic kept the fuller, theological 'Lord'. Israeli slang uses יא רבי as a sigh of exasperation or wonder.
Related Hebrew word:רביrabiرَبِّي
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In a phrase
يَا رَبِّي، سَاعِدْنِي
yā rabbī, sāʿidnīיא רבי, סאעדניoh my Lord, help me
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