يانصيب

Arabic

FWOTD – 8 June 2023

Etymology

From يَا (, vocative particle) +‎ نَصِيب (naṣīb, share, luck, fate), literally O fate!.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jaː.na.sˤiːb/

Noun

يَانَصِيب • (yānaṣībm

  1. lottery, lotto
    • 2015 December 22, Hespress[1]:
      وَيُقِيمُ ٱلشَّابَانِ ٱللَّذَانِ حَصَلَا عَلَى جَائِزَةِ «اَلْغُورْدُو»، وَهِيَ أَكْبَرُ جَوَائِزِ «يَانَصِيبِ»، فِي بَلْدَةِ «رُوكِيتَاسْ دِيلْ مَارْ» بِمُحَافَظَةِ «أَلْمِيرْيَا»، جَنُوبِيّ إِسْبَانْيَا.
      wayuqīmu š-šābāni l-laḏāni ḥaṣalā ʕalā jāʔizati “alḡūrdū”, wahiya ʔakbaru jawāʔizi “yānaṣībi”, fī baldati “rūkītās dīl mār” bimuḥāfaẓati “ʔalmīryā”, janūbiyy ʔisbānyā.
      And the two young people that won the lottery El Gordo, which is the biggest grand prize of [Spanish] lottery, reside in the town of Roquetas de Mar in the province of Almería, south of Spain.

Declension

Declension of noun يَانَصِيب (yānaṣīb)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal يَانَصِيب
yānaṣīb
الْيَانَصِيب
al-yānaṣīb
يَانَصِيب
yānaṣīb
nominative يَانَصِيبٌ
yānaṣībun
الْيَانَصِيبُ
al-yānaṣību
يَانَصِيبُ
yānaṣību
accusative يَانَصِيبًا
yānaṣīban
الْيَانَصِيبَ
al-yānaṣība
يَانَصِيبَ
yānaṣība
genitive يَانَصِيبٍ
yānaṣībin
الْيَانَصِيبِ
al-yānaṣībi
يَانَصِيبِ
yānaṣībi

Derived terms

  • يانَصِيبِيّ (yānaṣībiyy)