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

   إحنا يادوب عارفين نعيش

   ʔiḥnā yadūb ʕārfīn niʕīš

   We are barely able to survive.

   أنا يادوب سني ستة وعشرين

   ʔána yadūb sinnī sitta waʕišrīn

   I'm barely twenty-six years old.

2. just (now)

   أنا لِسّه يادوْب قايْلك

   ʔána líssa yadūb ʔáylak

   I just told you.