حيا

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح ي و (ḥ y w)
16 terms

Compare حَيّ (ḥayy, alive).

Pronunciation

Verb

حَيَّا (ḥayyā) II (non-past يُحَيِّي (yuḥayyī), verbal noun تَحِيَّة (taḥiyya))

  1. (transitive) to greet
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:86:
      وَإِذَا حُيِّيتُم بِتَحِيَّةࣲ فَحَيُّوا۟ بِأَحۡسَنَ مِنۡهَاۤ أَوۡ رُدُّوهَاۤۗ
      waʔiḏā ḥuyyītum bitaḥiyyatin faḥayyū biʔaḥsana minhā ʔaw ruddūhā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (transitive) to keep alive

Conjugation

References

  • Mace, John (2007) “حيا”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN