تحوى

See also: تحوي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ح و ي (ḥ-w-y)

Compare حَوَى (ḥawā, “to gather”).

Verb

تَحَوَّى • (taḥawwā) V, non-past يَتَحَوَّى‎ (yataḥawwā)

1. (intransitive) to contract, to shrink
2. (intransitive) to coil (of a snake)

Conjugation

Conjugation of

تَحَوَّى

(form-V final-weak)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَحَوٍّ taḥawwin
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُتَحَوٍّ mutaḥawwin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُتَحَوًّى mutaḥawwan
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَحَوَّيْتُ taḥawwaytu	تَحَوَّيْتَ taḥawwayta	تَحَوَّى taḥawwā		تَحَوَّيْتُمَا taḥawwaytumā	تَحَوَّيَا taḥawwayā		تَحَوَّيْنَا taḥawwaynā	تَحَوَّيْتُمْ taḥawwaytum	تَحَوَّوْا taḥawwaw
	f		تَحَوَّيْتِ taḥawwayti	تَحَوَّتْ taḥawwat			تَحَوَّتَا taḥawwatā			تَحَوَّيْتُنَّ taḥawwaytunna	تَحَوَّيْنَ taḥawwayna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتَحَوَّى ʔataḥawwā	تَتَحَوَّى tataḥawwā	يَتَحَوَّى yataḥawwā		تَتَحَوَّيَانِ tataḥawwayāni	يَتَحَوَّيَانِ yataḥawwayāni		نَتَحَوَّى nataḥawwā	تَتَحَوَّوْنَ tataḥawwawna	يَتَحَوَّوْنَ yataḥawwawna
	f		تَتَحَوَّيْنَ tataḥawwayna	تَتَحَوَّى tataḥawwā			تَتَحَوَّيَانِ tataḥawwayāni			تَتَحَوَّيْنَ tataḥawwayna	يَتَحَوَّيْنَ yataḥawwayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتَحَوَّى ʔataḥawwā	تَتَحَوَّى tataḥawwā	يَتَحَوَّى yataḥawwā		تَتَحَوَّيَا tataḥawwayā	يَتَحَوَّيَا yataḥawwayā		نَتَحَوَّى nataḥawwā	تَتَحَوَّوْا tataḥawwaw	يَتَحَوَّوْا yataḥawwaw
	f		تَتَحَوَّيْ tataḥawway	تَتَحَوَّى tataḥawwā			تَتَحَوَّيَا tataḥawwayā			تَتَحَوَّيْنَ tataḥawwayna	يَتَحَوَّيْنَ yataḥawwayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتَحَوَّ ʔataḥawwa	تَتَحَوَّ tataḥawwa	يَتَحَوَّ yataḥawwa		تَتَحَوَّيَا tataḥawwayā	يَتَحَوَّيَا yataḥawwayā		نَتَحَوَّ nataḥawwa	تَتَحَوَّوْا tataḥawwaw	يَتَحَوَّوْا yataḥawwaw
	f		تَتَحَوَّيْ tataḥawway	تَتَحَوَّ tataḥawwa			تَتَحَوَّيَا tataḥawwayā			تَتَحَوَّيْنَ tataḥawwayna	يَتَحَوَّيْنَ yataḥawwayna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		تَحَوَّ taḥawwa			تَحَوَّيَا taḥawwayā				تَحَوَّوْا taḥawwaw
	f		تَحَوَّيْ taḥawway							تَحَوَّيْنَ taḥawwayna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	تُحُوِّيَ tuḥuwwiya		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُتَحَوَّى yutaḥawwā		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُتَحَوَّى yutaḥawwā		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُتَحَوَّ yutaḥawwa		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “تحوى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Verb

تُحْوَى • (tuḥwā) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of حَوَى (ḥawā)
2. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَوَى (ḥawā)
3. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of حَوَى (ḥawā)
4. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَوَى (ḥawā)