هواية

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ه و ي (h-w-y); compare هَوِيَ (hawiya, “to take up as a hobby”).

Noun

هِوَايَة • (hiwāya) f (plural هِوَايَات (hiwāyāt))

1. hobby

Declension

Declension of noun هِوَايَة (hiwāya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هِوَايَة hiwāya	الْهِوَايَة al-hiwāya	هِوَايَة hiwāyat
Nominative	هِوَايَةٌ hiwāyatun	الْهِوَايَةُ al-hiwāyatu	هِوَايَةُ hiwāyatu
Accusative	هِوَايَةً hiwāyatan	الْهِوَايَةَ al-hiwāyata	هِوَايَةَ hiwāyata
Genitive	هِوَايَةٍ hiwāyatin	الْهِوَايَةِ al-hiwāyati	هِوَايَةِ hiwāyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هِوَايَتَيْن hiwāyatayn	الْهِوَايَتَيْن al-hiwāyatayn	هِوَايَتَيْ hiwāyatay
Nominative	هِوَايَتَانِ hiwāyatāni	الْهِوَايَتَانِ al-hiwāyatāni	هِوَايَتَا hiwāyatā
Accusative	هِوَايَتَيْنِ hiwāyatayni	الْهِوَايَتَيْنِ al-hiwāyatayni	هِوَايَتَيْ hiwāyatay
Genitive	هِوَايَتَيْنِ hiwāyatayni	الْهِوَايَتَيْنِ al-hiwāyatayni	هِوَايَتَيْ hiwāyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هِوَايَات hiwāyāt	الْهِوَايَات al-hiwāyāt	هِوَايَات hiwāyāt
Nominative	هِوَايَاتٌ hiwāyātun	الْهِوَايَاتُ al-hiwāyātu	هِوَايَاتُ hiwāyātu
Accusative	هِوَايَاتٍ hiwāyātin	الْهِوَايَاتِ al-hiwāyāti	هِوَايَاتِ hiwāyāti
Genitive	هِوَايَاتٍ hiwāyātin	الْهِوَايَاتِ al-hiwāyāti	هِوَايَاتِ hiwāyāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “هواية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Iraqi Arabic

Alternative forms

• هواي, هوايا

Etymology

Possibly from a form of Arabic هَوَى (hawā, “love, passion, fancy, whim”); compare the plural هَوايَا (hawāyā) and the adjective هَوائِيّ (hawāʔiyy, “whimsical, fantastic”). However, the semantic development is not immediately clear. Otherwise perhaps from Arabic هُوّة (huwwa, “chasm, abyss, depth”) through an extended form like حباية (ḥabbāya) from حَبّة (ḥabba, “pimple”). In this case the semantics are more satisfactory, but it would have to be verified whether such a form huwwāya exists (or existed).

Determiner

هواية (hwāya, huwāya)

1. much; many; a lot

   ناس هواية ― nās hwāya ― a lot of people

Adverb

هواية (hwāya, huwāya)

1. much; a lot

   أحبچ كلش هواية.

   ʾaḥibbič kulliš hwāya.

   I love you very much.