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Come to prayer! حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلاةِ – What type of word is hayya حَيَّ?
Hayya حَيَّ is used in the call of the Muezzin: Come to prayer! حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلاةِ. It is a special word type: a Ism al-Fial (اسم فعل).
ما in Egyptian Arabic – is it “what” or “not” or what?
Some expressions in Egyptian Arabic can be very tricky. They are all related to the word ma - ما.