حي

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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)