conc▪ Out of the four values listed in DRS for the root ḤKY in Sem, only one is represented in Ar. The latter does not seem to have real cognates within Sem and therefore seems to be an exclusively Ar phenomenon.
▪ In Ar, the basic value of ḤKY seems to have been ‘to imitate, resemble’. From this, the other values (‘to report, relate, tell’ and, in LevAr, also the general ‘to speak, talk’) have developed, see ↗ḥakà. – See also ↗ḥikāyaẗ ‘story’.