حكي

حُكِّي • (ḥukkī) (form I) /ħuk.kiː/

1. second-person feminine singular imperative of حَكَّ (ḥakka)

حُكِيَ • (ḥukiya) (form I) /ħu.ki.ja/

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of حَكَا (ḥakā) and حَكَى (ḥakā)

• حكى (ḥaka)

From Arabic حَكَى (ḥakā, “to tell, narrate”).

حكي • (ḥiki) I (non-past يحكي (yiḥki))

1. (intransitive) to speak, talk [with بِـ (bi) or عَن (ʕan) ‘about (a topic)’ (optional)]

   عن شو عم تحكي؟ ― ʕan šu ʕam tiḥki? ― What are you talking about?

2. (transitive) to speak to, to talk to

   Synonyms: حكّى (ḥakka), حاكى (ḥāka)

3. to say

   Synonym: قال

4. to speak ill of, to trash-talk [with ع (ʕa) or على (ʕala) ‘on’]
5. to ask for the hand in marriage of [with بِـ (bi)]

   بتعرف قديه كان معي لما رحت حكيت فيها لإمك؟

   btaʕrif ʔaddē kān maʕi lamma ruḥt ḥkīt fīha la ʔimmak?

   You know how much [money] I had when I went and asked for your mother's hand in marriage?

Verbal noun of etymology 1 above.

حكي • (ḥaki) m

1. speech, talk, talking
   • 2010, “شو سهل الحكي”‎^[1]performed by Rouwaida Attieh:

     شو سهل الحكي، مين اللي بيعرف بقلب التاني شو في
     شو سهل الحكي، انا لولا وجودو بعمري، عمري بينطفي

     šu sahl il-ḥaki, mīn illi byiʕrif bi-ʔalb it-tāni šu fi
     šu sahl il-ḥaki, ana lawla wjūdu b-ʕumri, ʕumri byinṭufi.

     How easy it is to talk! Who can know what there is in someone else’s heart?
     How easy it is to talk! If I don’t have him in my life, my life becomes extinguished.

Equivalent to the verbal noun of حكى (ḥaka, “to talk, to speak”).

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ki/, [ˈħa.ki]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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حكي • (ḥaki) m

1. speech, talk
2. way of speaking

• الحكي مش متل الشوف (il-ḥaki miš mitl il-šōf, “seeing is believing”)