حيث
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Arabic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]حَيْثُ • (ḥayṯu)
- where (relative)
- wherever; at any place
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:58:
- وَإِذْ قُلْنَا ٱدْخُلُوا هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَدًا وَٱدْخُلُوا ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ نَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطَايَاكُمْ وَسَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
- waʔiḏ qulnā dḵulū hāḏihi l-qaryata fakulū minhā ḥayṯu šiʔtum raḡadan wadḵulū l-bāba sujjadan waqūlū ḥiṭṭatun naḡfir lakum ḵaṭāyākum wasanazīdu l-muḥsinīna
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- since, whereas, due to the fact that
- because
Derived terms
[edit]- إِلَى حَيْثُ (ʔilā ḥayṯu)
- مِنْ حَيْثُ (min ḥayṯu)
- بِحَيْثُ (biḥayṯu)
- حَيْثُمَا (ḥayṯumā)
- حَيْثِيَّة (ḥayṯiyya)
Descendants
[edit]- Moroccan Arabic: حيت (ḥīt)
References
[edit]- Lane, Edward William (1863) “حيث”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 683-684