חי

HebrewEdit

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EtymologyEdit

From חיה

AdjectiveEdit

חַי (kháy) m sg indef.

  1. alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively: - + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life, lifetime, maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
  2. living, live
  3. lively

VerbEdit

חַי (kháy) (pa'ál construction)

  1. to live

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation table
non-finite forms
finite forms masculine
singular		 feminine
singular		 masculine
plural		 feminine
plural
past first person חָיִיתִי חָיִינוּ
second person חָיִיתָ חָיִית חֲיִיתֶם חֲיִיתֶן1
third person חָיָה, חַי חייתה \ חָיְתָה חָיוּ
present all persons חַי חַיָּה חַיִּים חַיּוֹת
future first person אֶחְיֶה נִחְיֶה
second person תִּחְיֶה תִּחְיִי תּחְיוּ תִּחְיֶינָה2
third person יִחְיֶה תִּחְיֶה יִחְיוּ תִּחְיֶינָה2
imperative second person חֲיֵה חֲיִי חֲיוּ חֲיֶינָה2
notes
  1. Uncommon in modern informal Hebrew, but used in formal speech and writing.
  2. Uncommon in modern Hebrew.

Related termsEdit

  • גר (gar), while חי can describe living in both senses, existence and residency, גר defines only the latter.

ReferencesEdit

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