Hafiz soon
Maryam · 19:28
O sister [i.e., descendant] of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."
Sahih International
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يَـٰٓأُخْتَ
yāukh'ta
O sister
Word breakdown
ي
Harf · Vocative particleO!
أُخْت
Ism · NounO sister
RootاخوAxw
brother, sibling, brotherhood
96× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaأُخْتNoun - sister
Grammar rules
Vocative يا (O!)
يَـٰٓأُخْتَ (O sister) uses the vocative — it's calling out to someone or addressing them directly.
We add "O" before the name — "O O sister!"
Lesson 21 · Advanced Nasb Cases