איך
Aramaic edit
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
איך • (transliteration needed)
Hebrew edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)eχ/
(file)
Adverb edit
אֵיךְ • (éykh)
Synonyms edit
- (how): (more formal) כֵּיצַד (keytsád)
Derived terms edit
- אֵיכוּת (eikhut)
- אֵיכְשֶׁהוּ (éikhshehu)
Further reading edit
Yiddish edit
Alternative forms edit
- יאַך (yakh)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare German ich.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
איך • (ikh)
- I (first-person singular subject pronoun)
Usage notes edit
- Sometimes informally contracted to כ׳ (kh') or כ״ (kh") (kh'), as in כ״וויל (I want).
- Sometimes pronounced as "Ekh", "Yekh", or "Yakh", especially in the southern dialect.
See also edit
Yiddish personal pronouns
person | singular | ||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd m | 3rd f | 3rd n | |
nominative | איך (ikh) | דו (du) | ער (er) | זי (zi) | עס (es) |
dative | מיר (mir) | דיר (dir) | אים (im) | איר (ir) | אים (im) |
accusative | מיך (mikh) | דיך (dikh) | אים (im) | זי (zi) | עס (es) |
person | plural | ||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
nominative | מיר (mir) | איר (ir) | זיי (zey) | ||
dative | אונדז (undz) | אײַך (aykh) | זיי (zey) | ||
accusative | אונדז (undz) | אײַך (aykh) | זיי (zey) | ||
See also the possessive pronouns. |