يَا

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يَا [but see شىءٌ] [Oh! what has happened to me?] an expression of regret; هَىْءٌ being a word signifying regret for a thing that passes away from one, or escapes him: or, an expression of wonder: see also يَاشَىْءِ and يَافَىْءَ, which are syn. with يَاهَىْءَ: or هَىْءَ, is an imperative verbal noun, signifying Attend! (تَنَبَّهْ); like صَهْ, which signifies “ Be silent! ” the interjection يا being put before it in like manner as it is in the saying of Esh-Shemmakh, أَلَا يَا ٱسْقِيَانِى قَبْلَ غَارَةِ سَنْجَالِ [Come now! O, give me to drink, before the expedition of Sinjáb!]; and هىء being indeclinable, with a vowel for its termination to obviate the occurrence of two quiescent letters, and with fet-hah as the final vowel because it is more easy of pronunciation than the others in this case.
2 [See also art. شيأ.]

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