يادوب

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms
  • يا دوب‎ (ya dūb), يادوبك‎ (yadūbak), يا دوبك‎ (ya dūbak)

Etymology

From يا‎ (ya) +‎ دوب‎ (dūb). From Arabic دَأَب‎ (daʔab, “to remain, to continue”).

Adverb

يادوب • (yadūb)

  1. barely, hardly, just
    ‏إحنا يادوب عارفين نعيش‎
    ʔiḥnā yadūb ʕārfīn niʕīš
    We are barely able to survive.
    ‏أنا يادوب سني ستة وعشرين‎
    ʔanā yadūb sinnī sitta waʕišrīn
    I'm barely twenty-six years old.
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