ياريت

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

• يا ريت (ya rēt)

Etymology

From Arabic يَا لَيْتَ (yā layta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaˈreːt/

Particle

ياريت • (yarēt)

1. if only, I wish that, I hope that
   • 1994, w:Yusuf al-Qa'id, chapter 1, in لبن العصفور‎^[1]:

     و يا ريت دا اللي حصل لي.

     I wish that that's what'd happened to me.

References

• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “ريت”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[2], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 360

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• يا ريت (ya rēt)

Etymology

From Arabic يَا لَيْتَ (yā layta).

Particle

ياريت • (yārēt)

1. if only, I wish that, I hope that

   ياريتك هون.

   yarētak hōn

   I wish you were here.

   ياريت إنجليزيتي زيّ العربي تبعك.

   yarēt ʔinglīziyyti zayy il-ʕarabi tabʕak

   I wish my English (were) like your Arabic.

See also

• لونـ (lawenn-, “if only”)