כאילו
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + אילו \ אִלּוּ ('ílu, “if”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /keˈ(ʔ)i.lu/, /ˈki.lu/
Conjunction edit
- as if, as though
- (colloquial) like, kind of
- (colloquial) really!
- (colloquial) meaning/ I mean
Adverb edit
- As if; supposedly, seemingly (but not truly).
- 2021 December 6, Eithan Orkibi, “ועידת יסוד? בחירות פנימיות? מפלגות-הכאילו של לפיד וסער”, (v'idát y'sód? b'khirót p'nimiyót? mifl'gót-hak'ílu shél lapíd v'sá'ar, “Foundational conference? Internal elections? The as-if-parties of Lapid and Saar”), Haaretz.
- Used as a filler word.
- Synonym: יעני (yá'ni)