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 particle

O!

أُخْت

Ism · Noun

O 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