هاوية

Arabic

Root
ه و ي (h-w-y)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haː.wi.ja/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /haːw.ja/

Noun

هَاوِيَة • (hāwiya) f (plural هَاوِيَات (hāwiyāt))

1. female equivalent of هَاوٍ (hāwin, “amateur, hobbyist”)
2. abyss, bottomless pit
3. (Islam) one of the names of Hell in Islam

   Synonyms: سَعِير (saʕīr), لَظَىٰ (laẓā), النَّار (an-nār), جَهَنَّم (jahannam), جَحِيم (jaḥīm), حُطَمَة (ḥuṭama), سَقَر (saqar)

   • The Quran, Al-Qāri'ah 101:8-11

     وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ، فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ ، وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ ،نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ

     waʔammā man ḵaffat mawāzīnuhu , faʔummuhu hāwiyatun , wamā ʔadrāka mā hiyah ,nārun ḥāmiyatun

     But as for one whose scales are light, his refuge will be an abyss. And what can make you know what that is? It is a Fire, intensely hot.

Declension

Declension of noun هَاوِيَة (hāwiya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَاوِيَة hāwiya	الْهَاوِيَة al-hāwiya	هَاوِيَة hāwiyat
Nominative	هَاوِيَةٌ hāwiyatun	الْهَاوِيَةُ al-hāwiyatu	هَاوِيَةُ hāwiyatu
Accusative	هَاوِيَةً hāwiyatan	الْهَاوِيَةَ al-hāwiyata	هَاوِيَةَ hāwiyata
Genitive	هَاوِيَةٍ hāwiyatin	الْهَاوِيَةِ al-hāwiyati	هَاوِيَةِ hāwiyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَاوِيَتَيْن hāwiyatayn	الْهَاوِيَتَيْن al-hāwiyatayn	هَاوِيَتَيْ hāwiyatay
Nominative	هَاوِيَتَانِ hāwiyatāni	الْهَاوِيَتَانِ al-hāwiyatāni	هَاوِيَتَا hāwiyatā
Accusative	هَاوِيَتَيْنِ hāwiyatayni	الْهَاوِيَتَيْنِ al-hāwiyatayni	هَاوِيَتَيْ hāwiyatay
Genitive	هَاوِيَتَيْنِ hāwiyatayni	الْهَاوِيَتَيْنِ al-hāwiyatayni	هَاوِيَتَيْ hāwiyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَاوِيَات hāwiyāt	الْهَاوِيَات al-hāwiyāt	هَاوِيَات hāwiyāt
Nominative	هَاوِيَاتٌ hāwiyātun	الْهَاوِيَاتُ al-hāwiyātu	هَاوِيَاتُ hāwiyātu
Accusative	هَاوِيَاتٍ hāwiyātin	الْهَاوِيَاتِ al-hāwiyāti	هَاوِيَاتِ hāwiyāti
Genitive	هَاوِيَاتٍ hāwiyātin	الْهَاوِيَاتِ al-hāwiyāti	هَاوِيَاتِ hāwiyāti

Descendants

• → Bengali: হাবিয়া (habiẏa)
• → Ottoman Turkish: حاویه (“soldering iron”), خویا (huya)
  • Turkish: havya