هيدا

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From or related to Arabic هذا‎ (hāḏā).

Pronoun

هيدا • (hayda) (feminine هيدي‎ (haydi), plural هيدول‎ (haydōl) or هودي‎ (hawdi))

  1. (Lebanon) this (one)
    Synonyms: (Syria) هاد‎ (hād), (Syria) هادا‎ (hāda)
    ‏قلتلكن من قبل إنو هيدا مش صحيح.‎‎
    ʾilt-ilkun min ʾabil ʾinno hayda miš ṣaḥīḥ.
    I told you in advance that this wasn’t true.

Determiner

هيدا • (hayda) (feminine هيدي‎ (haydi), plural هيدول‎ (haydōl) or هودي‎ (hawdi))

  1. (Lebanon) this
    Synonyms: (Syria) هاد‎ (hād), (Syria) هادا‎ (hāda), (before the definite article) هـ‎ (ha-)

Usage notes

  • The determiner is commonly shortened to هـ‎ (ha-) before the definite article for all numbers and genders. For example:
    ‏هيدي المرة ← هالمرة‎‎
    ha-l-marra → haydi l-marra
    this time

See also

  • هيداك‎ (haydāk, “that”)
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