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ليش

See also: ليس and لیس

Gulf Arabic

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ليش • (leʃ)

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    Synonym: شْحَقَّه (ʃ7əggə)

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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لِ (li-, “for”) + إِيش (ʔēš, “what”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /leːʃ/, [le̞ːʃ]

Adverb

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ليش • (lēš)

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    Synonym: ليه (lē)

Karakhanid

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tocharian B leśp (“mucus, phlegm”).[1][2][3]

Noun

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لٖيشْ (lḗš)

  1. (physiology) mucus, phlegm
    لٖيشْ اَقْتٖى ― Lḗš aqtï̄. ― The phlegm or mucus flowed.

References

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  1. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 609
  2. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “léşp”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 764
  3. ^ Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 316

Further reading

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North Levantine Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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ل (li-, la-, “to, for”) + إِيش (ʔēš, “what”), although the normal word for “what” is now شو (šū) Compare a similar structure in Egyptian Arabic لِيه (lēh) and Standard Arabic لِمَاذَا (li-māḏā), as well as in other languages such as French pourquoi.

Adverb

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ليش • (lēš)

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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ل (li-, “to, for”) + إِيش (ʔēš, “what”). Compare a similar structure in Egyptian Arabic لِيه (lēh) and Standard Arabic لِمَاذَا (li-māḏā), as well as in other languages such as French pourquoi, German warum, and dated English wherefore.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /leːʃ/, [leːʃ]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adverb

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ليش • (lēš)

  1. what for?, why?
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