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يهيه

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root pertains to calling out to camels, specifically to encourage them forward or to greet them. It includes various interjections and commands used in this context, with variations for singular, plural, masculine, and feminine addresses.

Derived headwords

يَهِيهُverb
  1. 1.
    to call to camelsclassical

    To utter the call 'yah yah' to camels, often to urge them forward.

يَاهْ يَاهْinterjection
  1. 1.
    call to camelsclassical

    An interjection used to call out to camels, encouraging them to move.

يَاهْيَاهْinterjection
  1. 1.
    greeting/callclassical

    A vocative used for addressing one or many, masculine or feminine, often as a greeting or to encourage movement.

يَاهْيَاهَانِinterjection
  1. 1.
    dual greeting/callclassical

    The dual form of 'yahyah', used to address two individuals.

يَاهْيَاهُونَinterjection
  1. 1.
    plural greeting/callclassical

    The plural form of 'yahyah', used to address a group of individuals.

يَاهْيَاهْ (بفتح الآخر)interjection
  1. 1.
    come hither!classical

    A vocative with the final vowel open, meaning 'come hither!' or 'approach!'.

يَاهْيَاهَتَانِinterjection
  1. 1.
    dual come hither!classical

    The dual form of 'yahyah' (with open final vowel), used to address two individuals to come.

يَاهْيَاهَاتٌinterjection
  1. 1.
    plural come hither!classical

    The plural form of 'yahyah' (with open final vowel), used to address a group to come.

Parallel reading

يهيه بالإبل: قال لها ياه ياه
To call to camels: he said to them 'yah yah'.
وقد تكسر هاؤهما
And their two 'ha's may be broken (vowelized with kasra).
وقد تنون
And they may be inflected with nunation.
وياهياه، للواحد والجميع، والمذكر والمؤنث: استقبال
And 'yahyah', for the singular and the plural, and the masculine and the feminine: a greeting.
وقد يثنى ويجمع: ياهياهان وياهياهون
And it may be dualized and pluralized: 'yahyahani' and 'yahyahun'.
وياهياه، بفتح الآخر: أقبلي
And 'yahyah', with the last letter open (fatha): 'come forward!'
وياهياهتان وياهياهات
And 'yahyahtani' and 'yahyahtun'.