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هَيّا
come on!, let's go! /ˈhaj.jaː/
verbA1#81 most common
Also: let's (do something), hurry up!, come along!
Example sentences
هَيّا بِنا!
Come on, let's go!
هَيّا نَلعَبْ في الحديقة.
Come on, let's play in the garden.
هَيّا بِنا إلى البيت، لقد تأخّرَ الوقت.
Let's go home, it's gotten late.
هَيّا أَسْرِعْ، سَنَتأخّرُ عن الحافلة!
Come on, hurry up, we'll miss the bus!
هَيّا نُنهِ واجباتِنا قبل أن يعودَ أبي من العمل.
Come on, let's finish our homework before Dad gets back from work.
هَيّا بِنا نَغتنِمْ هذه الفرصةَ النادرةَ قبل أن تَفوتَنا إلى غير رجعة.
Come on, let's seize this rare opportunity before it slips away for good.
Word family
هَيّا بِناlet's go
هَلُمَّcome! / bring here!
تَعالَcome! (imperative)
أَسْرِعْhurry up!
هَيْتَcome on!
Etymology
هَيّا is an Arabic exclamatory word traditionally classified by grammarians as an اسم فعل أمر (a noun functioning as an imperative verb) with the meaning "hurry up / let's go." Its origin is debated and usually treated as an expressive, attention-calling particle rather than a derivative of a triliteral verbal root. It very commonly fuses with the pronoun phrase بِنا ("with us") to yield هَيّا بِنا, "let's go."
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