See also: حيي, چی, جي, خی, جئ, and جٍي

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ح ي و (ḥ-y-w). Compare Hebrew חי (khay), Ge'ez ሐይወ (ḥäywä).

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

حَيِيَ (ḥayiya) I, non-past يَحْيَا‎ (yaḥyā)

  1. Alternative form of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya)
Conjugation edit

Interjection edit

حَيَّ (ḥayya)

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Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ح ي و (ḥ-y-w).

Pronunciation 1 edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

حَيّ (ḥayym (plural أَحْيَاء (ʔaḥyāʔ))

  1. neighbourhood
Declension edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

Adjective edit

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

  1. alive
Declension edit
Antonyms edit

Noun edit

حَيّ or حِيّ (ḥayy or ḥiyym pl

  1. plural of حَيَاء (ḥayāʔ)

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

حَيَّ (ḥayya)

  1. (defective) come!
    Synonyms: تَعَالَ (taʕāla), هَلُمَّ (halumma)
    حَيَّ عَلَى ٱلصَّلَاةِ
    ḥayya ʕalā ṣ-ṣalāti
    Come to prayer!

Etymology 4 edit

From the root ح و ي (ḥ-w-y).

Noun edit

حَيّ (ḥayym

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

Etymology 5 edit

Verb edit

حَيِّ (ḥayyi) (form II)

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

Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

Noun edit

حَي (ḥiyy or ḥayym (plural أحياء (ʔaḥyāʔ))

  1. neighbourhood

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ح ي و
4 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

  1. living, alive

Noun edit

حيّ (ḥayym (plural أحياء (ʔaḥyāʔ))

  1. district, neighbourhood
    Synonym: حارة (ḥāra)