Where does “ליכא” come from?

ליכא (Aramaic) comes from Aramaic כָּא — here.

ליכא (Aramaic): there is not, there are not

Definitions

  1. there is not, there are not

Ancestry of “ליכא”, step by step

ליכא traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Aramaic כָּא

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicכָּאhere

via Aramaic לֵית

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicלֵיתthere is not

Words derived from “ליכא

Every word from Aramaic כָּא
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