حيا

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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