هيا

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Aramaic הייא (hayyā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haj.jaː/

Interjection

هَيَّا • (hayyā)

  1. come on!; let's; let's go!

Descendants

  • Maltese: ejja (probably)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “هيا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

North Levantine Arabic

Adverb

هيا • (hayyā, hayyē)

  1. (with a pronominal suffix) there is, there are
    وينهن الولاد؟
    .هيّاهن عم بيلعبو برا
    waynhon l-wlēd?
    hayyēhon ʕam byelʕabo barra
    Where are the kids?
    They are outside playing.
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