hakiki

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَقَّقَ (ḥaqqaqa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-hakiki (infinitive kuhakiki)

1. to find something out definitively
2. to critically review something

Conjugation

Conjugation of -hakiki
Positive present -nahakiki Subjunctive -hakiki Negative -hakiki Imperative singular hakiki
Infinitives
Positive kuhakiki Negative kutohakiki
Imperatives
Singular hakiki Plural hakikini
Tensed forms
Habitual huhakiki Positive past positive subject concord + -lihakiki Negative past negative subject concord + -kuhakiki
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahakiki) Singular Plural 1st person ninahakiki/nahakiki tunahakiki 2nd person unahakiki mnahakiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anahakiki wanahakiki other classes positive subject concord + -nahakiki
Negative present (negative subject concord + -hakiki) Singular Plural 1st person sihakiki hatuhakiki 2nd person huhakiki hamhakiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hahakiki hawahakiki other classes negative subject concord + -hakiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tahakiki Negative future negative subject concord + -tahakiki
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hakiki) Singular Plural 1st person nihakiki tuhakiki 2nd person uhakiki mhakiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahakiki wahakiki other classes positive subject concord + -hakiki
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sihakiki Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngehakiki Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singehakiki Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalihakiki Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalihakiki
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ahakiki) Singular Plural 1st person nahakiki twahakiki 2nd person wahakiki mwahakiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahakiki wahakiki m-mi(III/IV) wahakiki yahakiki ji-ma(V/VI) lahakiki yahakiki ki-vi(VII/VIII) chahakiki vyahakiki n(IX/X) yahakiki zahakiki u(XI) wahakiki see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwahakiki pa(XVI) pahakiki mu(XVIII) mwahakiki
Perfect positive subject concord + -mehakiki "Already" positive subject concord + -meshahakiki "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jahakiki "If/When" positive subject concord + -kihakiki "If not" positive subject concord + -sipohakiki Consecutive kahakiki / positive subject concord + -kahakiki Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kahakiki
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nihakiki -tuhakiki 2nd person -kuhakiki -wahakiki/-kuhakikini/-wahakikini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mhakiki -wahakiki m-mi(III/IV) -uhakiki -ihakiki ji-ma(V/VI) -lihakiki -yahakiki ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kihakiki -vihakiki n(IX/X) -ihakiki -zihakiki u(XI) -uhakiki see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuhakiki pa(XVI) -pahakiki mu(XVIII) -muhakiki Reflexive -jihakiki
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -hakiki- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -hakikiye -hakikio m-mi(III/IV) -hakikio -hakikiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -hakikilo -hakikiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -hakikicho -hakikivyo n(IX/X) -hakikiyo -hakikizo u(XI) -hakikio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -hakikiko pa(XVI) -hakikipo mu(XVIII) -hakikimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -hakiki) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yehakiki -ohakiki m-mi(III/IV) -ohakiki -yohakiki ji-ma(V/VI) -lohakiki -yohakiki ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chohakiki -vyohakiki n(IX/X) -yohakiki -zohakiki u(XI) -ohakiki see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kohakiki pa(XVI) -pohakiki mu(XVIII) -mohakiki
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -hakikia
  • Causative: -hakikisha (“verify, confirm”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • mhakiki (“critic, reviewer”)
  • uhakiki

Related terms

• hakika (“fact, certainty”)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حقیقی (hakıkı), from Arabic حَقِيقِيّ (ḥaqīqiyy, “true, real”), derived from حَقِيقة (ḥaqīqa, “truth”), whence Turkish hakikat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.ciː.ci/

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Adjective

hakiki

1. true
2. real

Related terms

• hakikat

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hakiki”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حقیقی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 796