أخ

See also: اخ‎, آخ‎, آچ‎, and آج‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾaḫ-, from the root ء خ و‎ (ʾ-ḵ-w).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔax/
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Noun

أَخ • (ʾaḵ) m (construct state أَخُو‎ (ʾaḵū), dual أَخَوَان‎ (ʾaḵawān), plural إِخْوَة‎ (ʾiḵwa) or إِخْوَان‎ (ʾiḵwān), feminine أُخْت‎ (ʾuḵt))

  1. brother

Usage notes
  • أخ is used literally as well as figuratively. The plural إخْوَة‎ (ʾiḵwa) is more common in the literal sense (“brothers”), while إخْوان‎ (ʾiḵwān) is more common in the figurative sense (“brethren”). Moreover, أخ includes both full brothers and half brothers. The synonym شَقِيق‎ (šaqīq) refers to full brothers exclusively.

Declension
Declension of noun أَخ (ʾaḵ)
Singular singular long construct
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَخ
ʾaḵ		 الْأَخ‎
al-ʾaḵ		 أَخُو‎
ʾaḵū
Nominative أَخٌ
ʾaḵun		 الْأَخُ‎
al-ʾaḵu		 أَخُو‎
ʾaḵū
Accusative أَخًا‎
ʾaḵan		 الْأَخَ‎
al-ʾaḵa		 أَخَا‎
ʾaḵā
Genitive أَخٍ
ʾaḵin		 الْأَخِ‎
al-ʾaḵi		 أَخِي‎
ʾaḵī
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَخَوَيْن‎
ʾaḵawayn		 الْأَخَوَيْن‎
al-ʾaḵawayn		 أَخَوَيْ‎
ʾaḵaway
Nominative أَخَوَانِ‎
ʾaḵawāni		 الْأَخَوَانِ‎
al-ʾaḵawāni		 أَخَوَا‎
ʾaḵawā
Accusative أَخَوَيْنِ‎
ʾaḵawayni		 الْأَخَوَيْنِ‎
al-ʾaḵawayni		 أَخَوَيْ‎
ʾaḵaway
Genitive أَخَوَيْنِ‎
ʾaḵawayni		 الْأَخَوَيْنِ‎
al-ʾaḵawayni		 أَخَوَيْ‎
ʾaḵaway
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal إِخْوَة‎‎; إِخْوَان‎
ʾiḵwa‎; ʾiḵwān		 الْإِخْوَة‎‎; الْإِخْوَان‎
al-ʾiḵwa‎; al-ʾiḵwān		 إِخْوَة‎‎; إِخْوَان‎
ʾiḵwat‎; ʾiḵwān
Nominative إِخْوَةٌ‎‎; إِخْوَانٌ‎
ʾiḵwatun‎; ʾiḵwānun		 الْإِخْوَةُ‎‎; الْإِخْوَانُ‎
al-ʾiḵwatu‎; al-ʾiḵwānu		 إِخْوَةُ‎‎; إِخْوَانُ‎
ʾiḵwatu‎; ʾiḵwānu
Accusative إِخْوَةً‎‎; إِخْوَانًا‎
ʾiḵwatan‎; ʾiḵwānan		 الْإِخْوَةَ‎‎; الْإِخْوَانَ‎
al-ʾiḵwata‎; al-ʾiḵwāna		 إِخْوَةَ‎‎; إِخْوَانَ‎
ʾiḵwata‎; ʾiḵwāna
Genitive إِخْوَةٍ‎‎; إِخْوَانٍ‎
ʾiḵwatin‎; ʾiḵwānin		 الْإِخْوَةِ‎‎; الْإِخْوَانِ‎
al-ʾiḵwati‎; al-ʾiḵwāni		 إِخْوَةِ‎‎; إِخْوَانِ‎
ʾiḵwati‎; ʾiḵwāni

Synonyms
  • شَقِيق‎ (šaqīq)
  • مُكْرَهٌ أَخَاكَ لَا بَطَلٌ‎ (mukrahun ʾaḵāka lā baṭalun, proverb)[sic]
  • إِخَاء‎ (ʾiḵāʾ)
  • إِخَاوَة‎ (ʾiḵāwa)
  • أُخْت‎ (ʾuḵt)
  • أَخَوِيّ‎ (ʾaḵawiyy, “brotherly”)
  • أُخُوَّة‎ (ʾuḵuwwa, “brotherhood”)
  • تَآخٍ‎ (taʾāḵin)

See also

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “ءخو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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