حياة

See also: حیات

Arabic

Root
ح ي و (ḥ y w)
16 terms

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

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

verbal noun of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya) (form I)
life
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.

Declension of noun حَيَاة (ḥayāh)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
Singular	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
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

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

Root
ح ي و
4 terms

From Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh).

حياة • (ḥayā) f