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עכשיו

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Perhaps from עַד כְּשָׁעָה (ád ksha'á) or עַד כְּשֶׁהוּא (ád kshehú). Attested since Late Antiquity.

The spelling with י may have arisen to disambiguate the vowel before ו so as not to be read as וֹ – as in analogous words like סתיו / סְתָו (stáv) and the possessive ending ־ָיו (-áv).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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עכשיו / עַכְשָׁו (akhsháv)

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    Synonyms: כָּעֵת (ka'ét), עַתָּה (atá), כָּרֶגַע (karéga)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ מה מקורה של המילה ׳עכשיו׳? [What is the origin of the word akhsháv?]”, in Academy of the Hebrew Language[1], 2015 May 3