ܐܝܟ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic كَ- (ka-), Hebrew כְּ־ (k'-), Hebrew אֵיךְ (éykh).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʔex.], [ʔɑx.]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔɪx.], [x.]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ʔɑx.]

Preposition

ܐܲܝܟ݂ (ayḵ)

  1. like, as, as if, as it were, such as
  2. almost, about, approximately, somewhat

Inflection

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic كَ- (ka-), Hebrew כְּ־ (kə-), Hebrew איך ((ʔ)e(j)x).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔajk/, [ʔɑx]

Preposition

ܐܝܟ (ʾāḵ)

  1. like, as, as if, as it were, such as
  2. almost, about, approximately, somewhat

Inflection

Takes type-I suffixes attached to the form ܐܟܘܬ- (ʾaḵwāṯ-).

Derived terms

  • ܐܟܘܬܝܐ (ʾaḵwāṯāyā)

References

  • hyk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-20
  • ˀkwt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-20
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 7a, 8b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 13a, 15b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pp. 33b, 40b
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