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Hijazi Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
أَحّ • (ʔaḥḥ)
- ouch An expression of one's own physical pain.
- Synonyms: أي (ʔayy), آخ (ʔāḵ)
أح! مَرَّة يِوْجَع- ʔaḥḥ! marra yiwjaʕ
- ouch! it hurts a lot
North Levantine Arabic[edit]
أح • (ʔaḥ)
- (with a pronominal suffix) there is, there are
ما عم بلاقي الورود. شفتيهن شي؟
.أحهن هونيك- mā ʕam blēʔe l-wrūd. šiftiyon ši?
ʔaḥinne hōnīke - I can't find the flowers. Have you seen them?
They are there.
