אח
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Hebrew
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫw-.
Pronunciation
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔaːχ/ → /ʔaːħ/[1]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔɔːħ/,
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔɔħ/,
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ɒ(h)/
- (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔaħ/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔaħ/ (East), /(ʔ)aχ/ (West)
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ɔχ/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aχ/
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Noun
אָח • (ákh) m (plural indefinite אַחִים, singular construct אֲחִי־, plural construct אֲחֵי־, feminine counterpart אָחוֹת)
- brother (son of the same parents as another person)
- (more generally) brother, fellow, peer
- (male) nurse
Usage notes
- In addition to the singular construct form אֲחִי־ (akhí-) given above, the form אַח־ (akh-) exists as well.
Declension
Declension of אָח
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | אָח | first | אָחִי | אָחִינוּ | ||
| definite | הָאָח | second | אָחִיךָ | אָחִיךְ | אֲחִיכֶם | אֲחִיכֶן | |
| construct | אֲחִי־ | third | אָחִיו | אָחִיהָ | אֲחִיהֶם | אֲחִיהֶן | |
| plural | indefinite | אַחִים | first | אחיי / אַחַי | אַחֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָאַחִים | second | אַחֶיךָ | אחייך / אַחַיִךְ | אַחֵיכֶם | אַחֵיכֶן | |
| construct | אַחֵי־ | third | אֶחָיו | אַחֶיהָ | אַחֵיהֶם | אַחֵיהֶן | |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Interjection
אָח • (ákh)
- darn it, oh, no, alas, ach: an expression of dismay.
- אח, שכחתי מזה. ― ákh, shakhákhti mizé. ― Ach, I forgot about that.
- Tanach, Ezekiel 6:11, with translation of the King James Version:
- הַכֵּה בְכַפְּךָ וּרְקַע בְּרַגְלְךָ וֶאֱמָר אָח
- haké v'khap'khá urká b'ragl'khá ve'emór ákh
- Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
אָח • (ákh) f
References
- ^ David Steinberg (2011 September 20) “Lexicon of Unmarked Lexicon of Unmarked Unmarked Consonantal Phonemes in Biblical Hebrew Consonantal Phonemes in Biblical Hebrew”, in David Steinberg's Place (PDF)
Further reading
קמין on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
