أخ
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ء خ و (ʔ ḵ w) |
| 9 terms |
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫw-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔax/
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Noun
أَخ • (ʔaḵ) m (construct state أَخُو (ʔaḵū), dual أَخَوَان (ʔaḵawān), plural إِخْوَة (ʔiḵwa) or إِخْوَان (ʔiḵwān), feminine أُخْت (ʔuḵt))
Usage notes
- أَخ (ʔaḵ) is used literally as well as figuratively. Moreover, أَخ (ʔaḵ) includes both full brothers and half brothers. The synonym شَقِيق (šaqīq) refers to full brothers exclusively.
Declension
| singular | singular long construct | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَخ ʔaḵ |
الْأَخ al-ʔaḵ |
أَخُو ʔaḵū |
| nominative | أَخٌ ʔaḵun |
الْأَخُ al-ʔaḵu |
أَخُو ʔaḵū |
| accusative | أَخًا ʔaḵan |
الْأَخَ al-ʔaḵa |
أَخَا ʔaḵā |
| genitive | أَخٍ ʔaḵin |
الْأَخِ al-ʔaḵi |
أَخِي ʔaḵī |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | أَخَوَيْن ʔaḵawayn |
الْأَخَوَيْن al-ʔaḵawayn |
أَخَوَيْ ʔaḵaway |
| nominative | أَخَوَانِ ʔaḵawāni |
الْأَخَوَانِ al-ʔaḵawāni |
أَخَوَا ʔaḵawā |
| accusative | أَخَوَيْنِ ʔaḵawayni |
الْأَخَوَيْنِ al-ʔaḵawayni |
أَخَوَيْ ʔaḵaway |
| genitive | أَخَوَيْنِ ʔaḵawayni |
الْأَخَوَيْنِ al-ʔaḵawayni |
أَخَوَيْ ʔaḵaway |
| plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a); basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | إِخْوَة; إِخْوَان ʔiḵwa; ʔiḵwān |
الْإِخْوَة; الْإِخْوَان al-ʔiḵwa; al-ʔiḵwān |
إِخْوَة; إِخْوَان ʔiḵwat; ʔiḵwān |
| nominative | إِخْوَةٌ; إِخْوَانٌ ʔiḵwatun; ʔiḵwānun |
الْإِخْوَةُ; الْإِخْوَانُ al-ʔiḵwatu; al-ʔiḵwānu |
إِخْوَةُ; إِخْوَانُ ʔiḵwatu; ʔiḵwānu |
| accusative | إِخْوَةً; إِخْوَانًا ʔiḵwatan; ʔiḵwānan |
الْإِخْوَةَ; الْإِخْوَانَ al-ʔiḵwata; al-ʔiḵwāna |
إِخْوَةَ; إِخْوَانَ ʔiḵwata; ʔiḵwāna |
| genitive | إِخْوَةٍ; إِخْوَانٍ ʔiḵwatin; ʔiḵwānin |
الْإِخْوَةِ; الْإِخْوَانِ al-ʔiḵwati; al-ʔiḵwāni |
إِخْوَةِ; إِخْوَانِ ʔiḵwati; ʔiḵwāni |
Derived terms
- أَخَوِيّ (ʔaḵawiyy, “brotherly”)
Related terms
- مُكْرَهٌ أَخَاكَ لَا بَطَلٌ (mukrahun ʔaḵāka lā baṭalun, proverb)
Descendants
- Gulf Arabic: أخو (uḵu)
- Maltese: ħu
- Moroccan Arabic: أخ (ʔaḵḵ), (construct state) خو (ḵū), (construct state) خا (ḵā)
- → English: ock, akh, akhi
- → Malayalam: ഇക്ക (ikka)
- → Portuguese: Lafões
See also
- (nouns with long construct singular) الْأَسْمَاء السِّتَّة (al-ʔasmāʔ as-sitta); أَب (ʔab), أَخ (ʔaḵ), حَم (ḥam), فَم (fam), ذُو (ḏū), هَن (han) (Category: Arabic nouns with long construct singular)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ءخو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Egyptian Arabic
Noun
أخ • (aḵ) m (construct state أخو (aḵu), plural إخوات (iḵwāt), feminine أخت (uḵt))
- alternative spelling of اخ
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔax/
Noun
أخ • (ʔaḵ) m (construct state أخو (ʔaḵu), plural أخوان (ʔaḵwān), feminine أخت (ʔuḵt))
Usage notes
- When a suffix pronoun is added, the construct form أخو (ʔaḵu-) is used, e.g. أخوي (ʔaḵūya, “my brother”).
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaxː/
Audio: (file)
Noun
أخ • (ʔaḵḵ) m (construct state خو (ḵū) or خا (ḵā), plural خوت (ḵūt) or خاوة (ḵāwa), feminine أخت (ʔuḵt))
- brother, male sibling
- Synonym: خوادري (ḵwādri)
- خوك ― ḵūk ― your brother
- ولد خاها ― wuld ḵāha ― her fraternal nephew
North Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Noun
أخ • (ʔaḵḵ) m (construct state أخو (ʔaḵu), plural إخوة (ʔiḵwe) or إخوات (ʔiḵwāt) or إخوان (ʔiḵwān), feminine إخت (ʔiḵt))
Usage notes
- The plural إخوة (ʔiḵwe) is used for actual brothers, إخوات (ʔiḵwāt) can refer to siblings gender-neutrally, while إخوان (ʔiḵwān) is used for brothers in a wider sense (friends, fellow believers etc.).
- When a suffix pronoun is added, either أخ (ʔaḵ-) or the construct form is used, e.g. أخي / أخوي (ʔaḵi / ʔaḵūy, “my brother”).
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Noun
أخّ • (ʔaḵḵ) m (construct state أخو (ʔaḵu), plural إخوة (ʔiḵwe) or إخوان (ʔiḵwān), feminine أخت (ʔuḵt))
- alternative form of أخو (ʔaḵu, “brother”)