Appendix:Arabic roots/ح و ي

See also: ح ي و

Arabic

Root

ح و ي • (ḥ w y)

1. related to fathoming, writhing and coiling

Derived terms

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: حَوَى (ḥawā, “to glean, to fathom, to encompass, to contain”)
  • Verbal noun: حَيّ (ḥayy), حَوَايَة (ḥawāya)
  • Active participle: حَاوٍ (ḥāwin, “snake-charmer, pilferer, scammer”)
  • Passive participle: مَحْوِيّ (maḥwiyy, “coiled, serpentine”)
• Form I: حَوِيَ (ḥawiya)
  • Verbal noun: حَوًى (ḥawan), حُوَّة (ḥuwwa)
• Form II: حَوَّى (ḥawwā, “to contract, retract or fold”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحْوِيَة (taḥwiya)
  • Active participle: مُحَوٍّ (muḥawwin)
  • Passive participle: مُحَوًّى (muḥawwan)
• Form V: تَحَوَّى (taḥawwā, “(reflexive) to contract, recoil, ply, roll”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحَوٍّ (taḥawwin)
  • Active participle: مُتَحَوٍّ (mutaḥawwin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَحَوًّى (mutaḥawwan)
• Form VIII: اِحْتَوَى (iḥtawā, “(with على or ه (h)) to contain, encompass, entail, include”)
  • Verbal noun: اِحْتِوَاء (iḥtiwāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُحْتَوٍ (muḥtawin)
  • Passive participle: مُحْتَوًى (muḥtawan, “content”)
• Form IX: اِحْوَوَى (iḥwawā)
  • Verbal noun: اِحْوِوَاء (iḥwiwāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُحْوَوٍ (muḥwawin)
• Form XI: اِحْوَاوَى (iḥwāwā)
  • Verbal noun: اِحْوِيوَاء (iḥwīwāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُحْوَاوٍ (muḥwāwin)
• Form XIII: اِحْوَوَّى (iḥwawwā)
  • Verbal noun: اِحْوِوَّاء (iḥwiwwāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُحْوَوٍّ (muḥwawwin)

Nouns and adjectives

• أَحْوى (adjective), feminine حَوَّاء (ḥawwāʔ)
• ضَرْبَة اِحْتِوَائِيَّة (ḍarba(t) iḥtiwāʔiyya)
• حَاوٍ (ḥāwin, “snake charmer”)
  • اَلْحَاوِي لَا يَنْجُو مِنَ الْحَيَّاتِ (al-ḥāwī lā yanjū mina l-ḥayyāti, proverb)
• حَيَّة (ḥayya, “a snake or a worm”)
• حَوَاء (ḥawāʔ, “noise”)
• حِوَاء (ḥiwāʔ, “a row or an apple”)
• حَوِيَّة (ḥawiyya, “a ply, a fold, a circumvolution”)
• حَاوِيَة (ḥāwiya, “container”, noun)
• حَوَايَا (ḥawāyā, “the guts, the intestines”, noun), singular حَاوِيَاءُ (ḥāwiyāʔu, noun) or حَوِيَّة (ḥawiyya)
• مُحْتَوًى (muḥtawan, “content”, noun)
• مُحْتَوَيَات (muḥtawayāt, “(book) contents, table of content”)

References

• Corriente, Federico (2005) “ح و ي”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 281