أح

North Levantine Arabic

Interjection

أح • (ʾaḥ)

  1. it is there
  • أح cannot stand on its own. It is only used with third-person pronouns attached to it, not enclitic pronouns. The هـ (h) that begins the attached pronouns is assimilated into the preceding ح (ḥ).
    • أحهو‎ (ʾaḥuwwe, “there it is”) masc.
    • أحهي‎ (ʾaḥiyye, “there it is”) fem.
    • أحهن‎ (ʾaḥinne, “there they are”)
  1. ما عم بلاقي الورود. شفتيهن شي؟ (mā ʿam blēʾe l-wrūd. šiftiyon ši?)
    I can't find the flowers. Have you seen them?
    .أحهن هونيك (ʾaḥinne hōnīke)
    They are there.
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