يانصيب

Arabic

FWOTD – 8 June 2023

Etymology

From يَا (yā, vocative particle) +‎ نَصِيب (naṣīb, “share, luck, fate”), literally “O fate!”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaː.na.sˤiːb/

Noun

يَانَصِيب • (yānaṣīb) m

1. lottery, lotto
   • 2015 December 22, Hespress‎^[1]:

     وَيُقِيمُ ٱلشَّابَانِ ٱللَّذَانِ حَصَلَا عَلَى جَائِزَةِ «اَلْغُورْدُو»، وَهِيَ أَكْبَرُ جَوَائِزِ «يَانَصِيبِ»، فِي بَلْدَةِ «رُوكِيتَاسْ دِيلْ مَارْ» بِمُحَافَظَةِ «أَلْمِيرْيَا»، جَنُوبِيّ إِسْبَانْيَا.

     wayuqīmu š-šābāni l-laḏāni ḥaṣalā ʕalā jāʔizati “alḡūrdū”, wahiya ʔakbaru jawāʔizi “yānaṣībi”, fī baldati “rūkītās dīl mār” bimuḥāfaẓati “ʔalmīryā”, janūbiyy ʔisbānyā.

     And the two young people that won the lottery El Gordo, which is the biggest grand prize of [Spanish] lottery, reside in the town of Roquetas de Mar in the province of Almería, south of Spain.

Declension

Declension of noun يَانَصِيب (yānaṣīb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَانَصِيب yānaṣīb	الْيَانَصِيب al-yānaṣīb	يَانَصِيب yānaṣīb
Nominative	يَانَصِيبٌ yānaṣībun	الْيَانَصِيبُ al-yānaṣību	يَانَصِيبُ yānaṣību
Accusative	يَانَصِيبًا yānaṣīban	الْيَانَصِيبَ al-yānaṣība	يَانَصِيبَ yānaṣība
Genitive	يَانَصِيبٍ yānaṣībin	الْيَانَصِيبِ al-yānaṣībi	يَانَصِيبِ yānaṣībi

Derived terms

• يانَصِيبِيّ (yānaṣībiyy)