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يعني

See also: یعنی

Arabic

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Etymology

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Non-past of عَنَى (ʕanā, “to mean, to concern”). Compare Hebrew יען (ya'en, “because of, since”).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /jaʕ.niː/

Verb

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يَعْنِي • (yaʕnī) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of عَنَى (ʕanā)

Interjection

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يَعْنِي • (yaʕnī)

  1. (adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional, or adjectival) in other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind of, somewhat, id est, that is, meaning, you know
  2. (filler) er, so, uh, well

Descendants

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Verb

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يَعْنِيَ • (yaʕniya) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of عَنَى (ʕanā)

Gulf Arabic

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Etymology

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Non-past of Arabic عَنَى (ʕanā, “to mean, to concern”).

Verb

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يَعْنِي • (yaʿnī)

  1. (transitive) [he/she/it] means

Usage notes

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  • In the past tense, كان معناته is used, which means "its meaning was".

Interjection

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يَعْنِي • (yaʿnī)

  1. (adverbial) kind of, somewhat
    كان حلو الفلم ؟
    يعني بس مو وايد .
    Was the movie good?
    Kind of, but not so much.

Usage notes

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  • The expression is only used when answering questions.

North Levantine Arabic

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Conjunction

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يعني • (yaʿni)

  1. so
    عملنا اللي فينا نعملو، يعني رح نشوف شو بيصير
    ʿMilna lli fīna naʿmlu, yaʿni raḥ nšūf šu biṣīr.
    We’ve done what we could, so we’ll see what happens.

Adverb

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يعني • (yaʿni)

  1. namely; that is; in other words
    لازم نسألو، يعني المعلم
    Lāzim nisʾalu, yaʿni li-mʿallim.
    We have to ask him, I mean the teacher.

Interjection

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يعني • (yaʿni)

  1. well; you know; er; uh
    يعني... الموضوع أصعب من هيك
    Yaʿni... l-mawḍūʿ ʾaṣʿab min hayk.
    Well... the affair is more complicated than that.
  2. kind of; I guess
    كان حلو الفلم؟ — يعني، بس توقعتو أحلى
    Kān ḥilu l-film? — Yaʿni, bas twaʾʾaʿtu ʾaḥla.
    Was the film good? — I guess, but I’d expected it to be better.
  3. (postpositioned) really; seriously; man; come on; used for emphasis
    ما في فرق كبير. هو نفس الشي تقريبا، يعني
    Ma fi fariʾ kbīr. Huwi nafs iš-ši taʾrīban, yaʿni.
    There’s no big difference. It’s roughly the same thing, really.
    هيدا مش معقول، يعني
    Hayda miš maʿʾūl, yaʿni.
    This is crazy, man.

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ع ن ي
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic يَعْنِي (yaʕnī).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jaʕ.ni/, [ˈjaʕ.ni]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Interjection

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يعني • (yaʕni)

  1. so, well, you know
  2. I guess, I suppose
  3. does that mean...? (in a question)
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