How to say "curse your religion! (colloquial Arabic mild curse) → damn it! (Israeli slang)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningcurse your religion! (colloquial Arabic mild curse) → damn it! (Israeli slang)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
يِنْعَل دِينَك
yinʿal dīnakינעל דינך
ينعل دينك
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אינעל דינק
inal dinakإِينَال دِينَاك
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ل-ع-نFrom لعن, 'to curse' — يَلْعَن, 'may (God) curse', which dialect says with the l and n swapped: yinʿal. 'Curse your religion' sounds heavier in translation than it lands in daily speech, where it's a stock exclamation of frustration, closer to 'damn it' than a real blasphemy. Israeli slang borrowed it whole, spelling with an extra initial א.
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In a phrase
يِنْعَل دِينَك، يَا زَلَمَة
yinʿal dīnak, yā zalamaינעל דינך, יא זלמהdamn it, man!
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