ܚܝܐ

Inherited from Aramaic חֲיֶא (ḥăyyē); related to Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh), Hebrew חַיִּים (khayím).

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ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ • (ḥayyē) m pl (plural only)

1. life (process of life, all biological life)

   ܗܸܫ ܠܵܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܡܘܼܫ݇ܟ̰ܚܹ̈ܐ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܥܲܠ ܢܸܪܓܲܠ.

   hiš lā ìwaḥ mūčḥē ḥayyē ˁal nirgal.

   We still have not discovered life on Mars.

2. life (period during which one is alive)

   ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܝܲܩܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ، ܡܲܘܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܲܪܝܼܪܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ.

   ḥayyē yaqīrē ìnā, mawṯā marīrā ìlēh.

   Life is precious, death is bitter.

   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., John 15:13:

     ܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܪܲܒ ܡܸܢ ܗܵܢܵܐ ܠܲܝܬ، ܕܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܕܝܵܗ݇ܒ݂ܹܠ ܚܲܝܘܼ̈ܗܝ ܚܠܵܦ ܪ̈ܵܚܡܘܼܗܝ.

     ḥūbā rab 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.

   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., John 14:16:

     ܥܢܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܸܠܘܼܗܝ ܝܼܫܘܿܥ: «ܐܵܢܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܘܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܘܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ. ܐܵܦ ܚܲܕ݇ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܐܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܠܘܵܬ݂ ܐܲܒ݂ܵܐ ܐܸܠܵܐ ܒܝܼ.

     ˁnē lēh ilūh īšōˁ: “ānā ìwen urḥā w-šrārā w-ḥayyē. āp ḥa lā kē āṯē lwāṯ aḇā illā bī.

     Jesus replied to him: “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

3. (with first-person possessive suffix pronouns) deeply platonic or romantic term of endearment

   ܗܵܐ ܚܲܝܝܼ̈, ܡܵܐ ܡܸܢܘܼܟ݂؟ ― hā ḥayī, mā minōḵ? ― Hello love, how’s it going?

• ܡܲܘܬ݂ܵܐ (mawṯā)

• ܚܲܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥayūṯā)

Related to the above; compare Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy) and Hebrew חַי (kháy)

• ܚܵܝܵܐ (ḥāyā)

ܚܲܝܵܐ • (ḥayyā) (feminine ܚܲܝܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥayṯā), plural ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (ḥayyē))

1. alive, living, live, lively

   Synonym: ܒܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (bḥayyē)

   ܝܠܹܗ ܚܲܝܵܐ ܘܠܵܐ ܡܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ! ― ìlēh ḥayyā w-lā mīṯā! ― 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.

2. raw

   Synonym: ܢܵܝܵܐ (nāyā)

3. running (of water)

   Synonym: ܪܸܕ݂ܝܵܐ (riḏyā)

From Aramaic חְיָא (ḥəyā); cognate to Arabic حَيِيَ (ḥayiya) and Hebrew חַי (kháy), with the interjection similar to Hebrew יְחִי (y'khí).

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ܚܵܝܹܐ • (ḥāyē)

1. 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.

2. to survive (to live past a life-threatening event)
3. to live, reside, inhabit (to have permanent residence somewhere)

   Synonyms: ܥܵܡܹܪ (ˁāmēr), ܫܵܟ݂ܹܢ (šāḵēn)

   ܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܒܸܚܵܝܵܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܓܲܘ ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ ܕܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ.

   aḥnan biḥḥāyā ìwaḥ gaw taymnā d-nīnwē.

   We live in the South of Nineveh.

ܚܵܝܹܐ • (ḥāyē) m sg (feminine singular ܚܵܝܝܵܐ (ḥāyyā), plural ܚܵܝܝܼ (ḥāyī)) (masculine third-person non-past of the above)

1. long live

   ܚܵܝܹܐ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ! ― ḥāyē malkā! ― Long live the king!

• ܚܵܝܹܝܬ! (ḥāyēt!, literally “May you live”)

• (rare) ܚܝܝܐ (ḥayyē)

From the root ܚ ܝ ܐ related to living; compare Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh), Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayyîm).

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ܚܝܐ • (ḥayyē) m (plural only; not used in singular form)

1. life, lives
2. salvation
3. subsistence, sustenance, nourishment

Although plural in number, this word may take a verb in either the plural or singular.

• ܚܝܘܬܐ (ḥayyūṯā)

• “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, page 103a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, →ISBN, page 444b