حياة

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See also: حیات

Arabic

Root
ح ي و (ḥ-y-w)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Biblical Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayyím, “life”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.jaːh/
  • Audio (حَيَاةٌ), Morrocco(file)

Noun

حَيَاة • (ḥayāh) f (dual حَيَاتَانِ (ḥayātāni), plural حَيَوَات (ḥayawāt))

  1. verbal noun of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya) (form I)
  2. life, lifestyle, lifetime
    هٰذَا كِتَابٌ جَدِيدٌ عَنْ حَيَاةِ النِّسَاءِ الْعَرَبِيَّاتِ.
    hāḏā kitābun jadīdun ʕan ḥayāti n-nisāʔi l-ʕarabiyyāti.
    This is a new book about the life of Arab women.
  3. lifeblood
  4. liveliness

Declension

Declension of noun حَيَاة (ḥayāh)
Singular singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حَيَاة
ḥayāt 		الْحَيَاة
al-ḥayāt 		حَيَاة
ḥayāt
Nominative حَيَاةٌ
ḥayātun 		الْحَيَاةُ
al-ḥayātu 		حَيَاةُ
ḥayātu
Accusative حَيَاةً
ḥayātan 		الْحَيَاةَ
al-ḥayāta 		حَيَاةَ
ḥayāta
Genitive حَيَاةٍ
ḥayātin 		الْحَيَاةِ
al-ḥayāti 		حَيَاةِ
ḥayāti
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حَيَاتَيْن
ḥayātayn 		الْحَيَاتَيْن
al-ḥayātayn 		حَيَاتَيْ
ḥayātay
Nominative حَيَاتَانِ
ḥayātāni 		الْحَيَاتَانِ
al-ḥayātāni 		حَيَاتَا
ḥayātā
Accusative حَيَاتَيْنِ
ḥayātayni 		الْحَيَاتَيْنِ
al-ḥayātayni 		حَيَاتَيْ
ḥayātay
Genitive حَيَاتَيْنِ
ḥayātayni 		الْحَيَاتَيْنِ
al-ḥayātayni 		حَيَاتَيْ
ḥayātay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حَيَوَات
ḥayawāt 		الْحَيَوَات
al-ḥayawāt 		حَيَوَات
ḥayawāt
Nominative حَيَوَاتٌ
ḥayawātun 		الْحَيَوَاتُ
al-ḥayawātu 		حَيَوَاتُ
ḥayawātu
Accusative حَيَوَاتٍ
ḥayawātin 		الْحَيَوَاتِ
al-ḥayawāti 		حَيَوَاتِ
ḥayawāti
Genitive حَيَوَاتٍ
ḥayawātin 		الْحَيَوَاتِ
al-ḥayawāti 		حَيَوَاتِ
ḥayawāti

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “حيو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ي و
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh).

Pronunciation

Noun

حياة • (ḥayā) f

  1. life, lifetime

See also

  • عيشة (ʕīše, “way of life, lifestyle”)
  • عمر (ʕumr, “lifetime; age”)
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