حياء

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Arabic

Root
ح ي و (ḥ-y-w)

Pronunciation

Noun

حَيَاء • (ḥayāʔ) m

  1. verbal noun of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya) (form I)
  2. shame, bashfulness, blush
  3. bashful avoidance of a thing
  4. fear of blame
  5. rich produce
  6. rain
  7. (anatomy) pudendum, womb

Declension

Declension of noun حَيَاء (ḥayāʔ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حَيَاء
ḥayāʔ 		الْحَيَاء
al-ḥayāʔ 		حَيَاء
ḥayāʔ
Nominative حَيَاءٌ
ḥayāʔun 		الْحَيَاءُ
al-ḥayāʔu 		حَيَاءُ
ḥayāʔu
Accusative حَيَاءً
ḥayāʔan 		الْحَيَاءَ
al-ḥayāʔa 		حَيَاءَ
ḥayāʔa
Genitive حَيَاءٍ
ḥayāʔin 		الْحَيَاءِ
al-ḥayāʔi 		حَيَاءِ
ḥayāʔi

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: həya
  • → Ottoman Turkish: حیا (ḥayā)
    > Turkish: hayâ (inherited)
  • → Bengali: হায়া (haẏa)
  • → Swahili: haya
  • → Turkmen: haýa
  • → Uyghur: ھايا (haya)

References

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