أخت

See also: أحب, أجب, اچت, and إخت

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫwat-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuxt/

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Noun

أُخْت • (ʔuḵt) f (dual أُخْتَانِ (ʔuḵtāni), plural أَخَوَات (ʔaḵawāt), masculine أَخ (ʔaḵ))

1. sister

   Hyponym: شَقِيقَة (šaqīqa)

Declension

Declension of noun أُخْت (ʔuḵt)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أُخْت ʔuḵt	الْأُخْت al-ʔuḵt	أُخْت ʔuḵt
nominative	أُخْتٌ ʔuḵtun	الْأُخْتُ al-ʔuḵtu	أُخْتُ ʔuḵtu
accusative	أُخْتًا ʔuḵtan	الْأُخْتَ al-ʔuḵta	أُخْتَ ʔuḵta
genitive	أُخْتٍ ʔuḵtin	الْأُخْتِ al-ʔuḵti	أُخْتِ ʔuḵti
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أُخْتَيْن ʔuḵtayn	الْأُخْتَيْن al-ʔuḵtayn	أُخْتَيْ ʔuḵtay
nominative	أُخْتَانِ ʔuḵtāni	الْأُخْتَانِ al-ʔuḵtāni	أُخْتَا ʔuḵtā
accusative	أُخْتَيْنِ ʔuḵtayni	الْأُخْتَيْنِ al-ʔuḵtayni	أُخْتَيْ ʔuḵtay
genitive	أُخْتَيْنِ ʔuḵtayni	الْأُخْتَيْنِ al-ʔuḵtayni	أُخْتَيْ ʔuḵtay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَخَوَات ʔaḵawāt	الْأَخَوَات al-ʔaḵawāt	أَخَوَات ʔaḵawāt
nominative	أَخَوَاتٌ ʔaḵawātun	الْأَخَوَاتُ al-ʔaḵawātu	أَخَوَاتُ ʔaḵawātu
accusative	أَخَوَاتٍ ʔaḵawātin	الْأَخَوَاتِ al-ʔaḵawāti	أَخَوَاتِ ʔaḵawāti
genitive	أَخَوَاتٍ ʔaḵawātin	الْأَخَوَاتِ al-ʔaḵawāti	أَخَوَاتِ ʔaḵawāti

Descendants

• Cypriot Arabic: oxt
• Hijazi Arabic: أخت (ʔuḵt)
• Maltese: oħt
• Moroccan Arabic: أخت (ʔuḵt), خت (ḵut) (construct state)
• North Levantine Arabic: إِخت (ʔiḵt), أخت (ʔuḵt)
• South Levantine Arabic: أخت (ʔuḵt)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “اخو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أُخْت (ʔuḵt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔuxt/

Noun

أخت • (uḵt) f (plural أخوات (ʾaḵwāt))

1. sister

North Levantine Arabic

Noun

أخت • (ʔuḵt) f

1. Alternative form of إخت (ʔiḵt, “sister”)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أُخْت (ʔuḵt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuxt/, [ʔʊxt]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

Noun

أخت • (ʔuḵt) f (plural خوات (ḵawāt), masculine أخ (ʔaḵḵ))

1. sister