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Hebrew
Adverb
הֲכִי • (hakhí)
- Most, the most.
- היא הילדה הכי גבוהה בכיתה. ― hi hayaldá hakhí gvohá bakitá ― She is the tallest girl in the class.
2016, Jessica Knoll, הנערה הכי בת־מזל בעולם [Luckiest Girl Alive], Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, Dvir – Publishing House Ltd.:
Usage notes
- The adjective introduced by הֲכִי appears in the indefinite state, even though its subject is nearly always semantically definite.
- In more formal Hebrew, the superlative is more commonly expressed by using בְּיוֹתֵר (b'yotér), or without an explicit “most”.