حياة

See also: حیات

Arabic

Alternative forms

• حَيَوٰة (ḥayāh) — classical spelling

Etymology

From the root ح ي و (ḥ-y-w), related to Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayím, “life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.jaːh/

• Audio (حَيَاةٌ), Morrocco:

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Noun

حَيَاة • (ḥayāh) f (dual حَيَاتَانِ (ḥayātāni), plural حَيَوَات (ḥayawāt))

1. verbal noun of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya) (form I)
2. life, lifestyle, lifetime

   هٰذَا كِتَابٌ جَدِيدٌ عَنْ حَيَاةِ النِّسَاءِ الْعَرَبِيَّاتِ.

   hāḏā kitābun jadīdun ʕan ḥayāti n-nisāʔi l-ʕarabiyyāti.

   This is a new book about the life of Arab women.

3. lifeblood
4. liveliness

Declension

Declension of noun حَيَاة (ḥayāh)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيَاة ḥayāt	الْحَيَاة al-ḥayāt	حَيَاة ḥayāt
Nominative	حَيَاةٌ ḥayātun	الْحَيَاةُ al-ḥayātu	حَيَاةُ ḥayātu
Accusative	حَيَاةً ḥayātan	الْحَيَاةَ al-ḥayāta	حَيَاةَ ḥayāta
Genitive	حَيَاةٍ ḥayātin	الْحَيَاةِ al-ḥayāti	حَيَاةِ ḥayāti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيَاتَيْن ḥayātayn	الْحَيَاتَيْن al-ḥayātayn	حَيَاتَيْ ḥayātay
Nominative	حَيَاتَانِ ḥayātāni	الْحَيَاتَانِ al-ḥayātāni	حَيَاتَا ḥayātā
Accusative	حَيَاتَيْنِ ḥayātayni	الْحَيَاتَيْنِ al-ḥayātayni	حَيَاتَيْ ḥayātay
Genitive	حَيَاتَيْنِ ḥayātayni	الْحَيَاتَيْنِ al-ḥayātayni	حَيَاتَيْ ḥayātay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيَوَات ḥayawāt	الْحَيَوَات al-ḥayawāt	حَيَوَات ḥayawāt
Nominative	حَيَوَاتٌ ḥayawātun	الْحَيَوَاتُ al-ḥayawātu	حَيَوَاتُ ḥayawātu
Accusative	حَيَوَاتٍ ḥayawātin	الْحَيَوَاتِ al-ḥayawāti	حَيَوَاتِ ḥayawāti
Genitive	حَيَوَاتٍ ḥayawātin	الْحَيَوَاتِ al-ḥayawāti	حَيَوَاتِ ḥayawāti

Derived terms

• لَا حَيَاةَ لِمَنْ تُنَادِي (lā ḥayāta liman tunādī)

Descendants

• Maltese: ħajja
• Moroccan Arabic: حياة (ḥayāt, ḥyāt)
• → Azerbaijani: həyat
• → Crimean Tatar: ayat
• → Hindi: हयात (hayāt)
• → Pashto: حيات (hayãt)
• → Persian: حیات (hayât)
• → Tajik: ҳаёт (hayot)
• → Turkish: hayat
• → Turkmen: hayat
• → Urdu: حیات (hayāt)
• → Uyghur: ھايات (hayat)
• → Uzbek: hayot

References

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

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ي و
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.jaː/, [ħaˈjæː]

• Audio (Jerusalem):

  (file)

Noun

حياة • (ḥayā) f

1. life, lifetime

See also

• عيشة (ʕīše, “way of life, lifestyle”)
• عمر (ʕumr, “lifetime; age”)