Dear Bashandy, Thank you very much indeed for writing to me, of course I fully agree with the rule you stated, except that I thought every now and then an idiom is so self evident it doesn't even need extra evidence, Thank you again --- In RemEnKimi@yahoogroups.com, "Bahsandy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Albatross, > > Assumptions & quick thoughts, though valuable at times, are best > appreciated when supported by evidence 'references'. > > Regards > > > On Wed, 30 May 2007 05:21:19 -0000 > "albatross2249" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everybody, > Could "Yalla" be simply the two arabic words "ya" for calling some > one, and "Allah" the Arabic word for "God". > This interpretation makes the whole issue simple enough to > understand, those who are using the word "Yalla" are simply calling > on "GOD" to help them in whatever they're about undertake. > Comments are sought and are welcome by more professional linguists. > Regards to all > Halim > --- In RemEnKimi@yahoogroups.com, "George Ghaly, DDS" <basfa@> > wrote: > > > > I did some research and Prof George Sobhy Bey was correct. > ε�"ÌÎ»Î±Ì is the Present Imperative 2nd person singular form of > ε�"Î»Î±Ï ÌνÏ, which means to set in motion. It could have sounded > like �"â²â²â² or �"â²â²â² in Coptic, which makes the stressed > vowel a glide. As a glide, it would be pronounced as yala to the > Copts. > > > > George > > > > PS. Good work Bashandy. > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > From: RemEnKimi@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Bahsandy > > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 2:09 PM > > To: RemEnKimi@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [RemEnKimi] Re: Coptic word > > > > > > > > Hello Maryame, > > I think Ambrose Boulos, meant 'Yala', 'wala' : which are derived > from 'Alou' > > Quoting Dr.Emile Maher at tape (1 or 2) of Copto-Arabica. > > > > However, Yalla: as let's Go. was mentioned on the Book of Georgy > Sobhy Bey. As a derivative from the Greek word 'ELA', the link below > is a scan from the book. > > Common words in the spoken Arabic of Egypt, of Greek or Coptic > origin > > > > http://www.coptic.org/language/georgy/3.jpg > > > > Its Coptic equivalent is 'MARON' it is mentioned in the Gospel of > St.John Ch.14, also it's part of the Gospel reading of the TERCE > prayer of the horologion (Ajbeya) > > http://www.geocities.com/remenkimi/terce.htm > > > > > > > > On Fri, 25 May 2007 23:00:16 +0100 > > "Ambrose Boles" <ambroseboles@> wrote: > > > > Hello Maryame. > > > > I read a while ago in: > > > > Emil Maher Ishak. The Phonetics and Phonology of the Bohairic > Dialect of Coptic and the Survival of Coptic Words in the Colloquial > and Classical Arabic of Egypt and of Coptic Grammatical Constructions > in Colloquial Arabic. Volumes 1 - 4. (A D.Phil Thesis submitted to > the University of Oxford, September 1975). > > > > that Arabic "yalla" is derived from the Coptic word alou "child" > (in the Old Bohairic pronunciation). I can't remember the details as > I read it quickly and I don't have access to the thesis at present. > Hopefully someone who has ready access can check it out �" it was in > the Survival of Coptic Words in the Colloquial and Classic Arabic of > Egypt section of the thesis. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > From: "maryame_georgis" <soquettes@> > > Reply-To: RemEnKimi@yahoogroups.com > > To: RemEnKimi@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [RemEnKimi] Coptic word > > Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 10:13:41 -0000 > > > > Hello, > > I wanted to ask if the word "YALLA" used in the Egyptian dialect( > it > > means let's go) has any coptic backgrounds. If it does, what does > it > > really mean and is it used correctly until now? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > + C o p t i c M a i l . c o m + > Free 300Mb - webmail & POP3 accounts > "Serving Copts Worldwide" >
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