ܐܝܟ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic كَ- (ka-), Hebrew כְּ־ (k'-), Hebrew אֵיךְ (éykh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔajx.]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔɪx.], [x.]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ʔɑx.]

Preposition

ܐܲܝܟ݂ • (ayḵ)

1. like, as, as if, as it were, such as

   ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܪ̈ܲܥܡܹܐ ܝܢܵܐ. ― ayḵ raˁmē ìnā. ― It is like thunder.

   ܡܲܕܟ݂ܸܪ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܛܘܼܦ̮ܣܵܐ. ― madḵir ayḵ ṭufsā. ― Cite as an example.

2. almost, about, approximately, somewhat

   Synonyms: ܠܩܘܼܼܪܒܵܐ (l-qurbā), ܡܸܩܕ݂ܲܪ (miqḏar)

   ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܦܲܠܓܵܐ ܡܸܢܹܗ. ― ayḵ palgā minnēh. ― About half of it.

   ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܝܼ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ. ― īṯ lī ayḵ tlāṯā. ― I have almost three.

Usage notes

In many dialects of colloquial Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, its mostly synonymous ܡܐܲܝܟ݂ (mˀayḵ) is more common except in various fixed expressions.

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܲܝܟ݂

base form			ܐܲܝܟ݂ (ayḵ)
Personal-pronoun including forms
	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	ܐܲܟ݂ܘܵܬܝܼ (aḵwātī)		ܐܲܟ݂ܘܵܬܲܢ (aḵwātan)
2nd person	ܐܲܟ݂ܘܵܬܘܼܟ݂ (aḵwātūḵ)	ܐܲܟ݂ܘܵܬܵܟ݂ܝ (aḵwātāḵ)	ܐܲܟ݂ܘܵܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (aḵwātāwḵōn)
3rd person	ܐܲܟ݂ܘܵܬܹܗ (aḵwātēh)	ܐܲܟ݂ܘܵܬܵܗ̇ (aḵwātāh)	ܐܲܟ݂ܘܵܬܗܘܿܢ (aḵwāthōn)

Derived terms

• ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܕܝܼܠܹܗ (ayḵ d-īlēh, “as it is”)
• ܐܲܟ݂ܚ݇ܕ݂ܵܐ (aḵḏā, “simultaneously”, literally “as one”)
• ܐܲܟ݂ܘܵܬ݂ܵܝܵܐ (aḵwāṯāyā, “similar, alike”)
• ܕܵܐܟ݂ܝܼ (dāḵī, “how”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic كَ- (ka-), Hebrew כְּ־ (kə-), Hebrew איך ((ʔ)e(j)x).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔajk/, [ʔɑx]

Preposition

ܐܝܟ • (ʾāḵ)

1. like, as, as if, as it were, such as
2. almost, about, approximately, somewhat

Inflection

Takes type-I suffixes attached to the form ܐܟܘܬ- (ʾaḵwāṯ-).

Inflection of ܐܝܟ

person	singular		plural
	m	f	m	f
1st person	ܐܟܘܬܝ		ܐܟܘܬܢ
2nd person	ܐܟܘܬܟ	ܐܟܘܬܟܝ	ܐܟܘܬܟܘܢ	ܐܟܘܬܟܝܢ
3rd person	ܐܟܘܬܗ	ܐܟܘܬܗ	ܐܟܘܬܗܘܢ	ܐܟܘܬܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܐܟܘܬܝܐ (ʾaḵwāṯāyā)

References

• “hyk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-20
• “ˀkwt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-20
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 7a, 8b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 13a, 15b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pp. 33b, 40b