in anal abuk ujabak

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Definitions

  • interj. A curse meaning '(may God) curse your father and the father of who brought you (to the world)'.

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Languages of Origin

  • Arabic / Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

  • masculine: יִנְעַל אַבּוּכּ וּאַבּוּ ג'גַ'אבַּכּ yǝnˁal abū-k wu-ˀabu ǧ-ǧāb-ak

    feminine: יִנְעַל אַבּוּכִּי וּאַבּוּ גּ'גַּ'אבֵּכּ yǝnˁal abū-ki wu-ˀabu ǧ-ǧāb-ǝk

    ينعل ابوك وابو الجابك


    lit. ‘(may God) curse your father and the father of who brought you (to the world)'

      • Who Uses This

      • Iraqi: Jews with ancestry in Iraq

      Regions

      • North America

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      Alternative Spellings

      in anal abuk ujaback, in'anal abuk ujaback, in anal abook ujabak, in anal abook ujaback, in'anal abook ujaback

Notes

  • Some say l- instead of wu-, namely: yǝnˁal abū-k ǝl-abu ǧ-ǧāb-ak (for masculine) vs. yǝnˁal abū-ki l-abu ǧ-ǧāb-ǝk (for feminine), but this construction does not make any syntactical sense. 

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