هيدا

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From or related to Arabic هذا‎ (hāḏā).

Pronoun

هيدا (haydā) (feminine هيدي‎ (haydī), plural هيدول‎ (haydōl) or هودي‎ (hawdī))

  1. this (one); these
    ‏إلتلكن من أبل إنو هيدا مش صحيح‎
    ʾIlt-ilkun min ʾabil ʾinnū haydā miš ṣaḥīḥ.
    I told you in advance that this wasn’t true.

Determiner

هيدا (haydā) (feminine هيدي‎ (haydī), plural هيدول‎ (haydōl) or هودي‎ (hawdī))

  1. this; these

Usage notes

  • The determiner is commonly shortened to ها‎ (ha-) for all numbers and genders. For example, هالمره (ha-l-marra) for هيدي المره (haydī l-marra, “this time”).
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