حي

حَيَّ • (ḥayya) I (non-past يَحْيَا (yaḥyā), verbal noun حَيَاة (ḥayāh) or مَحْيًا (maḥyan))

1. Alternative form of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya, “to live”)

حَيَّ • (ḥayya) I (non-past يَحْيَا (yaḥyā), verbal noun حَيَاة (ḥayāh) or مَحْيًا (maḥyan))

1. to experience, to witness

Compare Hebrew חי (khay), Ge'ez ሐይወ (ḥäywä).

• IPA^(key): /ħajj/

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حَيّ • (ḥayy) (feminine حَيَّة (ḥayya), masculine plural أَحْيَاء (ʔaḥyāʔ), elative أَحْيَا (ʔaḥyā))

1. alive

   Antonym: مَيِّت (mayyit)

2. lively, animated, energetic, active

حَيّ • (ḥayy) m (plural أَحْيَاء (ʔaḥyāʔ))

1. organism, living being
2. tribe
3. neighbourhood, district (of a city), quarter (of a city)
4. block of apartments

حَيَّ • (ḥayya)

1. (defective) come! hurry up!

   Synonyms: تَعَالَ (taʕāla), هَلُمَّ (halumma)

   حَيَّ عَلَى ٱلصَّلَاةِ

   ḥayya ʕalā ṣ-ṣalāti

   Come to prayer!

   حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ ― ḥayya ʕalā l-falāḥi ― hurry up and work! (literally, “hurry up to success!”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

حَيّ or حِيّ • (ḥayy or ḥiyy) m pl

1. plural of حَيَاء (ḥayāʔ)

حَيِّ • (ḥayyi) (form II) /ħaj.ji/

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of حَيَّا (ḥayyā)

حَيّ • (ḥayy) m

1. verbal noun of حَوَى (ḥawā) (form I)

From Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy).

• IPA^(key): /ħajj/, /ħijj/

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حي • (ḥayy) (feminine حية (ḥayya), masculine plural حيين (ḥayyīn), feminine plural حيات (ḥayyāt))
حي • (ḥiyy) (feminine حية (ḥiyya), masculine plural حيين (ḥiyyīn), feminine plural حيات (ḥiyyāt))

1. alive

حَي • (ḥiyy or ḥayy) m (plural أحياء (ʔaḥyāʔ))

1. neighbourhood

From Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy).

• IPA^(key): /ħajj/,

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حيّ • (ḥayy) (feminine حيّة (ḥayye), common plural أحياء (ʔaḥyāʔ))

1. living, alive

حيّ • (ḥayy) m (plural أحياء (ʔaḥyāʔ))

1. district, neighbourhood

   Synonym: حارة (ḥāra)