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أيها
أيها
Arabic
Particle
أَيُّهَا • (ʾayyuhā) (feminine أَيَّتُهَا (ʾayyatuhā))
- 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
- yā 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!
- يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا لَقِيتُمْ فِئَةً فَاثْبُتُوا وَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
- 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!"
- فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمْ جَعَلَ السِّقَايَةَ فِي رَحْلِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْعِيرُ إِنَّكُمْ لَسَارِقُونَ
- Koran 8:45, translation by Muhammad Asad
Synonyms
- يَا (yā)
Usage notes
- أَيُّهَا (ʾayyuhā) is synonymous with يَا (yā), 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 (yā) and reserved for elevated registers. Whereas يَا (yā) is often left untranslated in English, أَيُّهَا (ʾayyuhā) is used in similar situations to English O.
- Unlike يَا (yā), 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
- which one of them.