أخ
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Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḫ-, from the root ء خ و (ʾ-ḵ-w).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
أَخ • (ʾaḵ) m (construct state أَخُو (ʾaḵū), dual أَخَوَان (ʾaḵawān), plural إِخْوَة (ʾiḵwa) or إِخْوَان (ʾiḵwān), feminine أُخْت (ʾuḵt))
Usage notes[edit]
- أخ is used literally as well as figuratively. Moreover, أخ includes both full brothers and half brothers. The synonym شَقِيق (šaqīq) refers to full brothers exclusively.
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun أَخ (ʾaḵ)
Singular | singular long construct | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَخ ʾaḵ |
الْأَخ al-ʾaḵ |
أَخُو ʾaḵū |
Nominative | أَخٌ ʾaḵun |
الْأَخُ al-ʾaḵu |
أَخُو ʾaḵū |
Accusative | أَخًا ʾaḵan |
الْأَخَ al-ʾaḵa |
أَخَا ʾaḵā |
Genitive | أَخٍ ʾaḵin |
الْأَخِ al-ʾaḵi |
أَخِي ʾaḵī |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | أَخَوَيْن ʾaḵawayn |
الْأَخَوَيْن al-ʾaḵawayn |
أَخَوَيْ ʾaḵaway |
Nominative | أَخَوَانِ ʾaḵawāni |
الْأَخَوَانِ al-ʾaḵawāni |
أَخَوَا ʾaḵawā |
Accusative | أَخَوَيْنِ ʾaḵawayni |
الْأَخَوَيْنِ al-ʾaḵawayni |
أَخَوَيْ ʾaḵaway |
Genitive | أَخَوَيْنِ ʾaḵawayni |
الْأَخَوَيْنِ al-ʾaḵawayni |
أَخَوَيْ ʾaḵaway |
Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a); basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | إِخْوَة; إِخْوَان ʾiḵwa; ʾiḵwān |
الْإِخْوَة; الْإِخْوَان al-ʾiḵwa; al-ʾiḵwān |
إِخْوَة; إِخْوَان ʾiḵwat; ʾiḵwān |
Nominative | إِخْوَةٌ; إِخْوَانٌ ʾiḵwatun; ʾiḵwānun |
الْإِخْوَةُ; الْإِخْوَانُ al-ʾiḵwatu; al-ʾiḵwānu |
إِخْوَةُ; إِخْوَانُ ʾiḵwatu; ʾiḵwānu |
Accusative | إِخْوَةً; إِخْوَانًا ʾiḵwatan; ʾiḵwānan |
الْإِخْوَةَ; الْإِخْوَانَ al-ʾiḵwata; al-ʾiḵwāna |
إِخْوَةَ; إِخْوَانَ ʾiḵwata; ʾiḵwāna |
Genitive | إِخْوَةٍ; إِخْوَانٍ ʾiḵwatin; ʾiḵwānin |
الْإِخْوَةِ; الْإِخْوَانِ al-ʾiḵwati; al-ʾiḵwāni |
إِخْوَةِ; إِخْوَانِ ʾiḵwati; ʾiḵwāni |
Synonyms[edit]
- شَقِيق (šaqīq)
Related terms[edit]
- مُكْرَهٌ أَخَاكَ لَا بَطَلٌ (mukrahun ʾaḵāka lā baṭalun, proverb)[sic]
- إِخَاء (ʾiḵāʾ, verbal noun of آخَى (ʾāḵā))
- إِخَاوَة (ʾiḵāwa)
- أُخْت (ʾuḵt)
- أَخَوِيّ (ʾaḵawiyy, “brotherly”)
- أُخُوَّة (ʾuḵuwwa, “brotherhood”)
- تَآخٍ (taʾāḵin)
Descendants[edit]
- Gulf Arabic: أخو (uḵu)
- Maltese: ħu
- Moroccan Arabic: أخ (ʔaḵḵ), (construct state) خو (ḵū), (construct state) خا (ḵā)
- → English: akh, akhi
- → Malayalam: ഇക്ക (ikka)
See also[edit]
- (nouns with long construct singular) الْأَسْمَاء السِّتَّة (al-ʾasmāʾ as-sitta); أَب (ʾab), أَخ (ʾaḵ), حَم (ḥam), فَم (fam), ذُو (ḏū), هَن (han) (Category: Arabic nouns with long construct singular)
References[edit]
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “ءخو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Moroccan Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
أخ • (ʔaḵḵ) m (construct state خو (ḵū) or خا (ḵā), plural خوت (ḵūt) or خاوة (ḵāwa), feminine أخت (ʔuḵt))
- brother, male sibling
- Synonym: خوادري (ḵwādri)
- خوك ― ḵūk ― your brother
- ولد خاها ― wuld ḵāha ― her fraternal nephew
North Levantine Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
أخ • (ʔaḵḵ) m (construct state أخو (ʔaḵu), plural إخوة (ʔiḵwe) or إخوات (ʔiḵwāt) or إخوان (ʔiḵwān), feminine إخت (ʔiḵt))
Usage notes[edit]
- The plural إخوة (ʔiḵwe) is used for actual brothers, إخوات (ʔiḵwāt) can refer to siblings gender-neutrally, while إخوان (ʔiḵwān) is used for brothers in a wider sense (friends, fellow believers etc.).
- When a suffix pronoun is added, either أب (ʔaḵ-) or the construct form is used, e.g. أخي / أخوي (ʔaḵi / ʔaḵūy, “my brother”).
South Levantine Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
أخّ • (ʔaḵḵ) m (construct state أخو (ʔaḵu), plural إخوة (ʔiḵwe) or إخوان (ʔiḵwān), feminine أخت (ʔuḵt))
- Alternative form of أخو (ʔaḵu, “brother”)
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- Arabic terms belonging to the root ء خ و
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- Arabic nouns
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- Arabic irregular nouns
- Arabic nouns with irregular dual
- ar:Family
- ar:Male
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- Moroccan Arabic nouns
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- ary:Family
- North Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic
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