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”).