אח
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫw-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔaːχ/ → /ʔaːħ/[1]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔɔːħ/, [ˈʔɔː.ɔħ]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔɔħ/, [ˈʔɔːħ]
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ɒ(h)/
- (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔaħ/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔaħ/ (East), /(ʔ)aχ/ (West)
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ɔχ/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aχ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]אָח • (ákh) m (plural indefinite אַחִים, singular construct אֲחִי־, plural construct אֲחֵי־, feminine counterpart אָחוֹת)
- brother (son of the same parents as another person)
- (more generally) brother, fellow, peer
- (male) nurse
Usage notes
[edit]- In addition to the singular construct form אֲחִי־ (akhí-) given above, the form אַח־ (akh-) exists as well.
Declension
[edit]Declension of אָח
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | אָח | first | אָחִי | אָחִינוּ | ||
definite | הָאָח | second | אָחִיךָ | אָחִיךְ | אֲחִיכֶם | אֲחִיכֶן | |
construct | אֲחִי־ | third | אָחִיו | אָחִיהָ | אֲחִיהֶם | אֲחִיהֶן | |
plural | indefinite | אַחִים | first | אחיי / אַחַי | אַחֵינוּ | ||
definite | הָאַחִים | second | אַחֶיךָ | אחייך / אַחַיִךְ | אַחֵיכֶם | אַחֵיכֶן | |
construct | אַחֵי־ | third | אֶחָיו | אַחֶיהָ | אַחֵיהֶם | אַחֵיהֶן |
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Interjection
[edit]אָח • (ákh)
- darn it, oh, no, alas, ach: an expression of dismay.
- אח, שכחתי מזה. ― ákh, shakhákhti mizé. ― Ach, I forgot about that.
- Tanach, Ezekiel 6:11, with translation of the King James Version:
- הַכֵּה בְכַפְּךָ וּרְקַע בְּרַגְלְךָ וֶאֱמָר אָח
- haké v'khap'khá urká b'ragl'khá ve'emór ákh
- Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas
Etymology 3
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]אָח • (ákh) f
References
[edit]- ^ David Steinberg (2011 September 20) “Lexicon of Unmarked Lexicon of Unmarked Unmarked Consonantal Phonemes in Biblical Hebrew Consonantal Phonemes in Biblical Hebrew”, in David Steinberg's Place[1] (PDF)
Further reading
[edit]- קמין on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
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