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أيها

أيها

Arabic

Particle

أَيُّهَا (ʾayyuhā) (feminine أَيَّتُهَا (ʾayyatuhā))

  1. O, oh (vocative particle used in direct address)
    • Koran 8:45, translation by Muhammad Asad
      يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا لَقِيتُمْ فِئَةً فَاثْبُتُوا وَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
      ʾayyuhā llaḏīna ʾāmanū ʾiḏā laqītum fiʾatan fāṯbutū wāḏkurū l-laha kaṯīran laʿallakum tufliḥūna
      O you who have attained to faith, when you meet a host in battle, be firm, and remember God often; so that you might attain to a happy state!
    • Koran 12:70, translation by Muhammad Asad
      فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمْ جَعَلَ السِّقَايَةَ فِي رَحْلِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْعِيرُ إِنَّكُمْ لَسَارِقُونَ
      falammā jahhazahum bijahāzihim jaʿala s-siqāyata fī raḥli ʾaḵīhi ṯumma ʾaḏḏana muʾaḏḏinun ʾayyatuhā l-ʿīru ʾinnakum lasāriqūna
      And when he had provided them with their provisions, he placed the drinking-cup in his brother's camel-pack. And a herald called out: "O you people of the caravan! Verily, you are thieves!"

Synonyms

Usage notes

  • أَيُّهَا (ʾayyuhā) is synonymous with يَا (), with which it is often used redundantly in conjunction (this redundant usage is the norm in the Koran, see first usage example above).
  • أَيُّهَا (ʾayyuhā) is far less common than يَا () and reserved for elevated registers. Whereas يَا () is often left untranslated in English, أَيُّهَا (ʾayyuhā) is used in similar situations to English O.
  • Unlike يَا (), أَيُّهَا (ʾayyuhā) inflects for gender. When addressing a female, a group of females, or (occasionally) a feminine collective noun (see second usage example above), the form أَيَّتُهَا (ʾayyatuhā) is used.

Pronoun

أَيّها ('ayīhā) f

  1. which one of them.