achakes de

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish achaque, from Arabic شَكَا (šakā, “to complain”).

Preposition

achákes de (Hebrew spelling אג׳אקיס די)

1. because of; due to
   • 2002, Gad Nassi, editor, En Tierras Ajenas Yo Me Vo Murir: Tekstos Kontemporanos en Djudeo-espaniol : Leyenda de Una Lingua - Haketia - Kuentos. Memorias - Meliselda - Oki Oki‎^[1], Isis, →ISBN, page 414:

     Los amigos i los parientes a pareser, avian eksplikado a muestra mama ke, achakes del numero chiko de famiyas de la komunitad djudiya de Pashabahche, no se puedia asperar de tener un ayudo de eya, i ke kalia ke mirara de bushkar otrun remedio.

     The friends and relatives in position, they had explained to our mother that, because of the small number of families from Pashabahche’s Jewish community, one could have no hope of getting help from it, and that one shall need to search for one more remedy.

   • 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[2], volumes 26–28, page 7:

     Una konversa se avia mizmo salvado de la muerte, en afirmando ke, achakes de su fervor katoliko avia mojado su rida kon esta sangre.

     One convert had saved herself from death by declaring that, because of her Catholic fervour, she had washed her hands of this blood.

     (literally, “One convert had herself saved from the death in affirming that because of her Catholic fervour she has soaked her handkerchief with this blood.”)