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)

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

   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.

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 المرة ← هالمرة

  ha-l-marra → haydi l-marra

  this time

See also

• هيداك (haydāk, “that”)