حكي

See also: حكى

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

حُكِّي • (ḥukkī) (form I) /ħuk.kiː/

1. second-person feminine singular imperative of حَكَّ (ḥakka)

Etymology 2

Verb

حُكِيَ • (ḥukiya) (form I) /ħu.ki.ja/

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of حَكَا (ḥakā) and حَكَى (ḥakā)

North Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ك ي
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَكَى (ḥakā, “to tell, narrate”).

Verb

حكي • (ḥiki) I (non-past يحكي (yiḥki))

1. to speak, talk

   ع شو عم تحكي؟ ― ʕa šu ʕam tiḥki? ― What are you talking about?

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of etymology 1 above.

Noun

حكي • (ḥaki) m

1. speech, talk, talking
   • 2010, “شو سهل الحكي”‎^[1]performed by Rouwaida Attieh:

     شو سهل الحكي، مين اللي بيعرف بقلب التاني شو في
     شو سهل الحكي، انا لولا وجودو بعمري، عمري بينطفي

     šu sahl il-ḥaki, mīn illi byiʕrif bi-ʔalb it-tāni šu fi
     šu sahl il-ḥaki, ana lawla wjūdu b-ʕumri, ʕumri byinṭufi.

     How easy it is to talk! Who can know what there is in someone else’s heart?
     How easy it is to talk! If I don’t have him in my life, my life becomes extinguished.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ك ي
5 terms

Etymology

Equivalent to the verbal noun of حكى (ḥaka, “to talk, to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ki/, [ˈħa.ki]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

حكي • (ḥaki) m

1. speech, talk
2. way of speaking

Derived terms

• الحكي مش متل الشوف (il-ḥaki miš mitl il-šōf, “seeing is believing”)