أحيا

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ح ي و (ḥ-y-w)

Cognate with Hebrew הֶחְיָה (hekhyá).

Verb edit

أَحْيَا • (ʔaḥyā) IV, non-past يُحْيِي‎ (yuḥyī)

(transitive) to give life to, to vivify, to quicken, to vitalize; to bring to life, to animate
Antonym: أَمَاتَ (ʔamāta, “to end the life of; to disanimate; to kill; to deaden”)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:28:
  كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَاتًا فَأَحْيَاكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
  How do you disbelieve in Allah when He animated you when were inanimate and [when it is He who] shall disanimate you then reanimate you and to Him, you shall be returned?
1. (figurative, of land) to fertilize
  أَحْيَا الْفَلَّاحُ الْأَرْضَ
  ʔaḥyā al-fallāḥu l-ʔarḍa
  The farmer cultivated the land.
  - 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 30:24:
    وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ يُرِيكُمُ الْبَرْقَ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَيُحْيِي بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
    It is of His signs that He shows you thunder for you to fear and to seek. And He brings down from the sky water to vivify the earth after its lifelessness. Verily, these are signs for thinking men.
2. (figurative) to liven, to enliven
  أَحْيَا المُطْرِبُ حَفْلًا
  ʔaḥyā al-muṭribu ḥaflan
  The singer enlived a party.
(transitive) to keep alive
1. to let live; to preserve, to keep
  - 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:97:
    مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً
    man ʕamila ṣāliḥan min ḏakarin ʔaw ʔunṯā wahuwa muʔminun falanuḥyiyannahu ḥayātan ṭayyibatan
    Whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while being a believer, We shall preserve him [to live] a good life.
2. to save
  - 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:32:
    وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا
    wa-man ʾaḥyāhā fa-kaʾannamā ʾaḥyā n-nāsa jamīʿan
    And whoever saves one – it is as if he had saved mankind entirely.
(transitive) to restore to life
1. to raise from the dead, to reanimate, resuscitate, to revive, to resurrect
  - 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:73:
    كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْيِي اللَّهُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَيُرِيكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
    kaḏālika yuḥyī l-lahu l-mawtā wayurīkum ʔāyātihi laʕallakum taʕqilūna
    Thus, Allah raises the dead and shows you His signs that you may discern.
2. (of an idea or a practice) to revive; to restore, to reinstitute
  إِحْيَاءُ عُلُومِ الدِّينِ
  ʔiḥyāʔu ʕulūmi d-dīni
  The Revival of the Religious Sciences
(transitive) to dedicate (nighttime) to prayer and worship

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of

أَحْيَا

(form-IV final-weak)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					إِحْيَاء ʔiḥyāʔ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					مُحْيٍ muḥyin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مُحْيًى muḥyan
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أَحْيَيْتُ ʔaḥyaytu	أَحْيَيْتَ ʔaḥyayta	أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā	أَحْيَيْتُمَا ʔaḥyaytumā	أَحْيَيَا ʔaḥyayā	أَحْيَيْنَا ʔaḥyaynā	أَحْيَيْتُمْ ʔaḥyaytum	أَحْيَوْا ʔaḥyaw
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	أَحْيَيْتُ ʔaḥyaytu	أَحْيَيْتِ ʔaḥyayti	أَحْيَتْ ʔaḥyat	أَحْيَيْتُمَا ʔaḥyaytumā	أَحْيَتَا ʔaḥyatā	أَحْيَيْنَا ʔaḥyaynā	أَحْيَيْتُنَّ ʔaḥyaytunna	أَحْيَيْنَ ʔaḥyayna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحْيِي ʔuḥyī	تُحْيِي tuḥyī	يُحْيِي yuḥyī	تُحْيِيَانِ tuḥyiyāni	يُحْيِيَانِ yuḥyiyāni	نُحْيِي nuḥyī	تُحْيُونَ tuḥyūna	يُحْيُونَ yuḥyūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُحْيِي ʔuḥyī	تُحْيِينَ tuḥyīna	تُحْيِي tuḥyī	تُحْيِيَانِ tuḥyiyāni	تُحْيِيَانِ tuḥyiyāni	نُحْيِي nuḥyī	تُحْيِينَ tuḥyīna	يُحْيِينَ yuḥyīna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحْيِيَ ʔuḥyiya	تُحْيِيَ tuḥyiya	يُحْيِيَ yuḥyiya	تُحْيِيَا tuḥyiyā	يُحْيِيَا yuḥyiyā	نُحْيِيَ nuḥyiya	تُحْيُوا tuḥyū	يُحْيُوا yuḥyū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُحْيِيَ ʔuḥyiya	تُحْيِي tuḥyī	تُحْيِيَ tuḥyiya	تُحْيِيَا tuḥyiyā	تُحْيِيَا tuḥyiyā	نُحْيِيَ nuḥyiya	تُحْيِينَ tuḥyīna	يُحْيِينَ yuḥyīna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحْيِ ʔuḥyi	تُحْيِ tuḥyi	يُحْيِ yuḥyi	تُحْيِيَا tuḥyiyā	يُحْيِيَا yuḥyiyā	نُحْيِ nuḥyi	تُحْيُوا tuḥyū	يُحْيُوا yuḥyū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُحْيِ ʔuḥyi	تُحْيِي tuḥyī	تُحْيِ tuḥyi	تُحْيِيَا tuḥyiyā	تُحْيِيَا tuḥyiyā	نُحْيِ nuḥyi	تُحْيِينَ tuḥyīna	يُحْيِينَ yuḥyīna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		أَحْيِ ʔaḥyi		أَحْيِيَا ʔaḥyiyā			أَحْيُوا ʔaḥyū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		أَحْيِي ʔaḥyī		أَحْيِيَا ʔaḥyiyā			أَحْيِينَ ʔaḥyīna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أُحْيِيتُ ʔuḥyītu	أُحْيِيتَ ʔuḥyīta	أُحْيِيَ ʔuḥyiya	أُحْيِيتُمَا ʔuḥyītumā	أُحْيِيَا ʔuḥyiyā	أُحْيِينَا ʔuḥyīnā	أُحْيِيتُمْ ʔuḥyītum	أُحْيُوا ʔuḥyū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	أُحْيِيتُ ʔuḥyītu	أُحْيِيتِ ʔuḥyīti	أُحْيِيَتْ ʔuḥyiyat	أُحْيِيتُمَا ʔuḥyītumā	أُحْيِيَتَا ʔuḥyiyatā	أُحْيِينَا ʔuḥyīnā	أُحْيِيتُنَّ ʔuḥyītunna	أُحْيِينَ ʔuḥyīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحْيَا ʔuḥyā	تُحْيَا tuḥyā	يُحْيَا yuḥyā	تُحْيَيَانِ tuḥyayāni	يُحْيَيَانِ yuḥyayāni	نُحْيَا nuḥyā	تُحْيَوْنَ tuḥyawna	يُحْيَوْنَ yuḥyawna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُحْيَا ʔuḥyā	تُحْيَيْنَ tuḥyayna	تُحْيَا tuḥyā	تُحْيَيَانِ tuḥyayāni	تُحْيَيَانِ tuḥyayāni	نُحْيَا nuḥyā	تُحْيَيْنَ tuḥyayna	يُحْيَيْنَ yuḥyayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحْيَا ʔuḥyā	تُحْيَا tuḥyā	يُحْيَا yuḥyā	تُحْيَيَا tuḥyayā	يُحْيَيَا yuḥyayā	نُحْيَا nuḥyā	تُحْيَوْا tuḥyaw	يُحْيَوْا yuḥyaw
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُحْيَا ʔuḥyā	تُحْيَيْ tuḥyay	تُحْيَا tuḥyā	تُحْيَيَا tuḥyayā	تُحْيَيَا tuḥyayā	نُحْيَا nuḥyā	تُحْيَيْنَ tuḥyayna	يُحْيَيْنَ yuḥyayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحْيَ ʔuḥya	تُحْيَ tuḥya	يُحْيَ yuḥya	تُحْيَيَا tuḥyayā	يُحْيَيَا yuḥyayā	نُحْيَ nuḥya	تُحْيَوْا tuḥyaw	يُحْيَوْا yuḥyaw
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُحْيَ ʔuḥya	تُحْيَيْ tuḥyay	تُحْيَ tuḥya	تُحْيَيَا tuḥyayā	تُحْيَيَا tuḥyayā	نُحْيَ nuḥya	تُحْيَيْنَ tuḥyayna	يُحْيَيْنَ yuḥyayna

References edit

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أحيا”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ح ي و (ḥ-y-w)

Elative of حَيّ (ḥayy, “alive; lively, energetic”).

Adjective edit

أَحْيَا • (ʔaḥyā)

elative degree of حَيّ (ḥayy):
1. more alive; most alive
2. livelier, more energetic; liveliest, most energetic
3. more vital; most vital

Declension edit

Declension of adjective أَحْيَا (ʔaḥyā)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	singular invariable		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā	الْأَحْيَا al-ʔaḥyā	حُيَّا ḥuyyā	الْحُيَّا al-ḥuyyā
Nominative	أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā	الْأَحْيَا al-ʔaḥyā	حُيَّا ḥuyyā	الْحُيَّا al-ḥuyyā
Accusative	أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā	الْأَحْيَا al-ʔaḥyā	حُيَّا ḥuyyā	الْحُيَّا al-ḥuyyā
Genitive	أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā	الْأَحْيَا al-ʔaḥyā	حُيَّا ḥuyyā	الْحُيَّا al-ḥuyyā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْيَيَيْن ʔaḥyayayn	الْأَحْيَيَيْن al-ʔaḥyayayn	حُيَّيَيْن ḥuyyayayn	الْحُيَّيَيْن al-ḥuyyayayn
Nominative	أَحْيَيَانِ ʔaḥyayāni	الْأَحْيَيَانِ al-ʔaḥyayāni	حُيَّيَانِ ḥuyyayāni	الْحُيَّيَانِ al-ḥuyyayāni
Accusative	أَحْيَيَيْنِ ʔaḥyayayni	الْأَحْيَيَيْنِ al-ʔaḥyayayni	حُيَّيَيْنِ ḥuyyayayni	الْحُيَّيَيْنِ al-ḥuyyayayni
Genitive	أَحْيَيَيْنِ ʔaḥyayayni	الْأَحْيَيَيْنِ al-ʔaḥyayayni	حُيَّيَيْنِ ḥuyyayayni	الْحُيَّيَيْنِ al-ḥuyyayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحَايِي ʔaḥāyī	الْأَحَايِي al-ʔaḥāyī	حُيَّيَات ḥuyyayāt	الْحُيَّيَات al-ḥuyyayāt
Nominative	أَحَايٍ ʔaḥāyin	الْأَحَايِي al-ʔaḥāyī	حُيَّيَاتٌ ḥuyyayātun	الْحُيَّيَاتُ al-ḥuyyayātu
Accusative	أَحَايِيَ ʔaḥāyiya	الْأَحَايِيَ al-ʔaḥāyiya	حُيَّيَاتٍ ḥuyyayātin	الْحُيَّيَاتِ al-ḥuyyayāti
Genitive	أَحَايٍ ʔaḥāyin	الْأَحَايِي al-ʔaḥāyī	حُيَّيَاتٍ ḥuyyayātin	الْحُيَّيَاتِ al-ḥuyyayāti

References edit

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

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

أَحْيَا • (ʔaḥyā) (form I)

first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَيَّ (ḥayya)
first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya)
first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَيَّ (ḥayya)
first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya)

Verb edit

أُحْيَا • (ʔuḥyā) (form I)

first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَيَّ (ḥayya)
first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya)
first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَيَّ (ḥayya)
first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya)

Etymology 4 edit

Verb edit

أُحَيَّا • (ʔuḥayyā) (form II)

first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَيَّا (ḥayyā)
first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَيَّا (ḥayyā)