ك

Prefix

In Arabic, kāf, when used as a prefix كَـka, functions as a comparative preposition (أداة التشبيه, such as مِثْل/miθl/ or شَبَه/ʃabah/) and can carry the meaning of English words "like", "as", or "as though" . For example, كَطَائِر (/katˤaːʔir/), means "like a bird" or "as though a bird" (as in Hebrew, above) and attached to ذٰلِك/ðaːlik/ "this, that" forms the fixed expression كَذٰلِك/kaðaːlik/ "like so, likewise."