حكاية

Arabic

Etymology

From root ح ك ي (ḥ-k-y)

Noun

حِكَايَة • (ḥikāya) f (plural حِكَايَات (ḥikāyāt))

1. verbal noun of حَكَى (ḥakā) (form I)
2. story, tale

Declension

Declension of noun حِكَايَة (ḥikāya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِكَايَة ḥikāya	الْحِكَايَة al-ḥikāya	حِكَايَة ḥikāyat
Nominative	حِكَايَةٌ ḥikāyatun	الْحِكَايَةُ al-ḥikāyatu	حِكَايَةُ ḥikāyatu
Accusative	حِكَايَةً ḥikāyatan	الْحِكَايَةَ al-ḥikāyata	حِكَايَةَ ḥikāyata
Genitive	حِكَايَةٍ ḥikāyatin	الْحِكَايَةِ al-ḥikāyati	حِكَايَةِ ḥikāyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِكَايَتَيْن ḥikāyatayn	الْحِكَايَتَيْن al-ḥikāyatayn	حِكَايَتَيْ ḥikāyatay
Nominative	حِكَايَتَانِ ḥikāyatāni	الْحِكَايَتَانِ al-ḥikāyatāni	حِكَايَتَا ḥikāyatā
Accusative	حِكَايَتَيْنِ ḥikāyatayni	الْحِكَايَتَيْنِ al-ḥikāyatayni	حِكَايَتَيْ ḥikāyatay
Genitive	حِكَايَتَيْنِ ḥikāyatayni	الْحِكَايَتَيْنِ al-ḥikāyatayni	حِكَايَتَيْ ḥikāyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِكَايَات ḥikāyāt	الْحِكَايَات al-ḥikāyāt	حِكَايَات ḥikāyāt
Nominative	حِكَايَاتٌ ḥikāyātun	الْحِكَايَاتُ al-ḥikāyātu	حِكَايَاتُ ḥikāyātu
Accusative	حِكَايَاتٍ ḥikāyātin	الْحِكَايَاتِ al-ḥikāyāti	حِكَايَاتِ ḥikāyāti
Genitive	حِكَايَاتٍ ḥikāyātin	الْحِكَايَاتِ al-ḥikāyāti	حِكَايَاتِ ḥikāyāti

Descendants

• →⇒ Armenian: հեքիաթ (hekʻiatʻ)
• → Bashkir: хикәйә (xikəyə), әкиәт (əkiət)
• → Kurdish:

  ⇒ Northern Kurdish: h’ьк’йат (ḧik’yat)

• → Persian: حکایت (hekāyat)
  • → Classical Malay: حكايات
    • Malay: hikayat
  • → Ottoman Turkish:
    • → Tatar: әкият (äkiyat)
    • ⇒ Turkish: hikaye