See also: حیا

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ح ي و (ḥ-y-w)

Compare حَيّ (ḥayy, alive).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

حَيَّا (ḥayyā) II, non-past يُحَيِّي‎ (yuḥayyī)

  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 edit

References edit

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