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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology 1
From Aramaic חֲיֶא (ḥăyyē); related to Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh), Hebrew חַיִּים (khayím).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ • (ḥayyē) m pl (plural only)
- life (process of life, all biological life)
- ܗܸܫ ܠܹܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܡܘܼܫ݇ܟ̰ܚܹ̈ܐ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܥܲܠ ܢܸܪܓܲܠ. ― hiš lē ìwaḥ mūčḥē ḥayyē ˁal nirgal. ― We still have not discovered life on Mars.
- life (period during which one is alive)
- ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܝܲܩܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ، ܡܵܘܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܲܪܝܼܪܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ. ― ḥayyē yaqīrē ìnā, māwṯā marīrā ìlēh. ― Life is precious, death is bitter.
- John 15:13:
ܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܪܲܒܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܗܵܢܵܐ ܠܲܝܬ، ܕܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܕܝܵܗ݇ܒ݂ܹܠ ܚܲܝܘܼ̈ܗܝ ܚܠܵܦ ܪ̈ܵܚܡܘܼܗܝ.- ḥubbā yatīr rabbā min hānā layt, d-nāšā d-yāḇēl ḥayūh ḥlāp rāḥmūh.
- There is no greater love than this, for one to lay down his life for his beloved.
- John 14:16:
ܦܘܼܢܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܸܠܹܗ ܝܼܫܘܿܥ: «ܐܵܢܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܘܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܘܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ. ܐܘܼܦ ܚܲܕ݇ ܠܹܐ ܐܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܠܟܸܣ ܒܵܒܵܐ ܐܸܠܵܐ ܒܝܼܝܼ.- pūnē lēh illēh īšōˁ: “ānā ìwen urḥā w-šrārā w-ḥayyē. ūp ḥa lē āṯē l-kis bābā illā bīyī.
- Jesus replied to him: “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
- (with first-person possessive suffix pronouns) deeply platonic or romantic term of endearment
- ܗܵܐ ܚܲܝ̈ܝܼ, ܡܵܐ ܡܸܢܘܿܟ݂؟ ― hā ḥayī, mā minōḵ? ― Hello love, how’s it going?
Inflection
Inflection of ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ
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absolute
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1st person
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ܚܲܝܝܼ̈ (ḥayī)
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ܚܲܝܲܢ̈ (ḥayyan)
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ܚܲܝ̈ (ḥay)
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2nd person
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ܚܲܝܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ḥayūḵ)
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ܚܲܝܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥayyāḵ)
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ܚܲܝܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥayyāwḵōn)
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ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (ḥayyē)
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3rd person
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ܚܲܝܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ḥayūh)
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ܚܲܝ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (ḥayyōh)
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ܚܲܝܗ̈ܘܿܢ (ḥayhōn)
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Antonyms
Derived terms
- ܒܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (bḥayyē, literally “in life”)
- ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܕܲܠܥܵܠܲܡ (ḥayyē dalˁālam, “eternal life”)
- ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܦܲܪ̈ܨܘܿܦܵܝܹܐ (ḥayyē parṣōpāyē, “private life, personal life”)
- ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܹܐ (ḥayyē rūḥānāyē, “spiritual life”)
- ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (kṯāḇā d-ḥayyē, “life story, book of life”)
- ܟܵܬ݂ܹܪ ܒܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (kāṯēr b-ḥayyē, “to survive”)
- ܠܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (lḥayyē, literally “to life”)
- ܫܒ݂ܝܼܠ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (šḇīl ḥayyē, “a way of life, lifestyle”)
See also
Etymology 2
Related to the above; compare Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy) and Hebrew חַי (kháy)
Adjective
ܚܲܝܵܐ • (ḥayyā) (feminine ܚܲܝܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥayṯā), plural ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (ḥayyē))
- alive, living, live, lively
- Synonym: ܒܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (bḥayyē)
- ܠܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܚܲܝܵܐ ܘܠܵܐ ܡܝܼܬܵܐ! ― lā ìlēh ḥayyā w-lā mītā! ― He is alive not dead!
- ܪܓ݂ܝܼܫ ܠܝܼ ܚܲܝܵܐ ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ ܕܫܬܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܩܲܗܘܵܐ. ― rḡīš lī ḥayyā bāṯar dštē lī qahwā. ― I felt lively after I drunk coffee.
- raw
- Synonym: ܢܵܝܵܐ (nāyā)
- running (of water)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Aramaic חְיָא (ḥəyā); cognate to Arabic حَيِيَ (ḥayiya) and Hebrew חַי (kháy), with the interjection similar to Hebrew יְחִי (y'khí).
Pronunciation
Verb
ܚܵܝܹܐ • (ḥāyē)
- to live, be alive, have life
ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ، ܟܹܐ ܚܵܝܲܚ ܒܚܹܐܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ.- asīrē ìwaḥ wā īnā ādīyā, kē ḥāyaḥ b-ḥērūṯā.
- We were prisoners but now, we live in freedom.
- to survive (to live past a life-threatening event)
- to live, reside, inhabit (to have permanent residence somewhere)
- Synonyms: ܥܵܡܹܪ (ˁāmēr), ܫܵܟ݂ܹܢ (šāḵēn)
ܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܒܸܚܵܝܵܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܓܵܘ ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ ܕܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ.- aḥnan biḥḥāyā ìwaḥ gāw taymnā d-nīnwē.
- We live in the South of Nineveh.
Conjugation
Interjection
ܚܵܝܹܐ • (ḥāyē) m sg (feminine singular ܚܵܝܝܵܐ (ḥāyyā), plural ܚܵܝܝܼ (ḥāyī)) (masculine third-person non-past of the above)
- long live
- ܚܵܝܹܐ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ! ― ḥāyē malkā! ― Long live the king!
See also
- ܚܲܝܹܬ (ḥayyēt, literally “May you live”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܚ-ܝ-ܐ (ḥ-y-ʾ) related to living; compare Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh), Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayyîm).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܚܝܐ • (ḥayyē) m (plural only; not used in singular form)
- life, lives
- salvation
- subsistence, sustenance, nourishment
Usage notes
Although plural in number, this word may take a verb in either the plural or singular.
Inflection
See also
References
- “ḥyyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-23
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 103a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 139a
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 444b