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)
    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.
    Synonyms: (Syria) هاد (hād), (Syria) هادا (hāda)

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 المرةهالمرة
    ha-l-marra haydi l-marra
    this time

See also

  • هيداك (haydāk, that)
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