هاوية

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ه و ي (h-w-y).

Noun

هَاوِيَة • (hāwiya) f

1. feminine singular of هَاوِي (hāwī, “amateur, hobbyist”)
2. abyss, bottomless pit
3. air, atmosphere
4. environment
5. (Islam) one of the names of hell in Islam
   • The Quran, Al-Qāri'ah 101:8-11

     وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ، فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ ، وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ ،نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ

     waʔammā man ḵaffat mawāzīnuhu , faʔummuhu hāwiyatun , wamā ʔadrāka mā hiyah ,nārun ḥāmiyatun

     But as for one whose scales are light, his refuge will be an abyss. And what can make you know what that is? It is a Fire, intensely hot.

Declension

Declension of noun هَاوِيَة (hāwiya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَاوِيَة hāwiya	الْهَاوِيَة al-hāwiya	هَاوِيَة hāwiyat
Nominative	هَاوِيَةٌ hāwiyatun	الْهَاوِيَةُ al-hāwiyatu	هَاوِيَةُ hāwiyatu
Accusative	هَاوِيَةً hāwiyatan	الْهَاوِيَةَ al-hāwiyata	هَاوِيَةَ hāwiyata
Genitive	هَاوِيَةٍ hāwiyatin	الْهَاوِيَةِ al-hāwiyati	هَاوِيَةِ hāwiyati