حياء

Arabic

Noun

حَيَاء • (ḥayāʔ) m

1. verbal noun of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya) (form I)
2. shame, bashfulness, blush
3. bashful avoidance of a thing
4. fear of blame
5. rich produce
6. rain
7. pudendum, womb

Declension

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

References

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