הקיא

עברית

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הקיא

/(h)eˈki/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Likely based on an onomatopoeia for retching, with parallel developments in other Afroasiatic languages, if not inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic, encountered in Ge'ez ቄአ (ḳeʾä), present ይቂእ (yəḳiʾ, “to vomit”), Tigre ቀኣ (ḳäʾa, “to vomit”), Arabic قَاءَ (qāʔa), and similarly in Egyptian qꜣꜥ, qjs (“to vomit”), qꜣ, qꜣꜣ (“to be putrid; to vomit”). Compare קָא (qa, “to vomit, to retch”), in the pa'ál/kál binyan.

verb הֵקִיא · hekí · הוּקָא · לְהָקִיא · הֲקָאָה · הֵקֵאתִי

construction hif'il to vomit
Biblical, construction hif'il, figuratively to expel, drive out וַתִּטְמָא הָאָרֶץ וָאֶפְקֹד עֲוֺנָהּ עָלֶיהָ וַתָּקִא הָאָרֶץ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֶיהָ׃

In English

vomit regurgitate the contents of a stomach
puke to vomit

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"הקיא." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%90.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {הקיא},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%90},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}