هيچ

See also: هیچ‎

Iraqi Arabic

Alternative forms
  • هيچي‎ (hīčī)

Etymology

From Arabic هكذا‎ (hākaḏā). Cognate with North Levantine Arabic هَيك‎, Gulf Arabic چِذِي‎ (čeḏī) and others.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hiːt͡ʃ/

Adverb

هيچ (hīč)

  1. thus, so
    ‏ليش دتسوي هيچ؟‎‎
    leš datsawwī hīč?
    Why are you doing that?
    (literally, “"Why are you doing so"”)

Interjection

هيچ (hīč)

  1. forget it; used to dismiss an idea or a topic.
    ‏- شگلت؟ -هيچ ، ماكو شي‎
    - šgilit? - hīč, mākū šī?
    - What did you say? - Forget it, it was nothing
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