עכשיו

Hebrew

Etymology

Perhaps from עַד כְּשָׁעָה (ád ksha'á) or עַד כְּשֶׁהוּא (ád kshehú). Attested since Late Antiquity.

The spelling with י may have arisen to disambiguate the vowel before ו so as not to be read as וֹ – as in analogous words like סתיו / סְתָו (stáv) and the possessive ending ־ָיו (-áv).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

עכשיו / עַכְשָׁו • (akhsháv)

  1. now
    Synonyms: כָּעֵת (ka'ét), עַתָּה (atá), כָּרֶגַע (karéga)

Derived terms

  • עכשווי / עֲכְשָׁוִי (akhshaví)
  • עכשוויות / עֲכְשָׁוִיּוּת (akhshaviyút)

References

  1. ^ “מה מקורה של המילה ׳עכשיו׳? [What is the origin of the word akhsháv?]”, in Academy of the Hebrew Language‎[1], 3 May 2015
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