حياء
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Arabic[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| ح ي و (ḥ-y-w) |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
حَيَاء • (ḥayāʔ) m
- verbal noun of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya) (form I)
- shame, bashfulness, blush
- bashful avoidance of a thing
- fear of blame
- rich produce
- rain
- (anatomy) pudendum, womb
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun حَيَاء (ḥayāʔ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | حَيَاء ḥayāʔ |
الْحَيَاء al-ḥayāʔ |
حَيَاء ḥayāʔ |
| Nominative | حَيَاءٌ ḥayāʔun |
الْحَيَاءُ al-ḥayāʔu |
حَيَاءُ ḥayāʔu |
| Accusative | حَيَاءً ḥayāʔan |
الْحَيَاءَ al-ḥayāʔa |
حَيَاءَ ḥayāʔa |
| Genitive | حَيَاءٍ ḥayāʔin |
الْحَيَاءِ al-ḥayāʔi |
حَيَاءِ ḥayāʔi |
Descendants[edit]
- → Azerbaijani: həya
- → Ottoman Turkish: حیا (ḥayā)
- > Turkish: hayâ (inherited)
- → Bengali: হায়া (haẏa)
- → Swahili: haya
- → Turkmen: haýa
- → Uyghur: ھايا (haya)
References[edit]
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حياء”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen