أحيا

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ح ي و (ḥ-y-w). Cognate with Hebrew הֶחְיָה (hekhyá).

Verb

1. (transitive) to give life to, to vivify, to quicken, to vitalize; to bring to life, to animate

   Antonym: أَمَاتَ (ʔamāta, “to to end the life of; to disanimate; to kill; to deaden”)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:28:

     كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَاتًا فَأَحْيَاكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

     How do you disbelieve in Allah when He animated you when were inanimate and [when it is He who] shall disanimate you then reanimate you and to Him, you shall be returned?

   1. (figurative, of land) to fertilize

      أَحْيَا الْفَلَّاحُ الْأَرْضَ

      ʔaḥyā al-fallāḥu l-ʔarḍa

      The farmer cultivated the land.

      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 30:24:

        وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ يُرِيكُمُ الْبَرْقَ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَيُحْيِي بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

        wamin ʔāyātihi yurīkumu l-barqa ḵawfan waṭamaʕan wayunazzilu mina s-samāʔi māʔan fayuḥyī bihi l-ʔarḍa baʕda mawtihā ʔinna fī ḏālika laʔāyātin liqawmin yaʕqilūna

        It is of His signs that He shows you thunder for you to fear and to seek. And He brings down from the sky water to vivify the earth after its lifelessness. Verily, these are signs for thinking men.

   2. (figurative) to liven, to enliven

      أَحْيَا المُطْرِبُ حَفْلًا

      ʔaḥyā al-muṭribu ḥaflan

      The singer enlived a party.

2. (transitive) to keep alive
   1. to let live; to preserve, to keep
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:97:

        مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً

        man ʕamila ṣāliḥan min ḏakarin ʔaw ʔunṯā wahuwa muʔminun falanuḥyiyannahu ḥayātan ṭayyibatan

        Whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while being a believer, We shall preserve him [to live] a good life.

   2. to save
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:32:

        وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا

        wa-man ʾaḥyāhā fa-kaʾannamā ʾaḥyā n-nāsa jamīʿan

        And whoever saves one – it is as if he had saved mankind entirely.

3. (transitive) to restore to life
   1. to raise from the dead, to reanimate, resuscitate, to revive, to resurrect
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:73:

        كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْيِي اللَّهُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَيُرِيكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

        kaḏālika yuḥyī l-lahu l-mawtā wayurīkum ʔāyātihi laʕallakum taʕqilūna

        Thus, Allah raises the dead and shows you His signs that you may discern.

   2. (of an idea or a practice) to revive; to restore, to reinstitute

      إِحْيَاءُ عُلُومِ الدِّينِ

      ʔiḥyāʔu ʕulūmi d-dīni

      The Revival of the Religious Sciences

4. (transitive) to dedicate (nighttime) to prayer and worship

References

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

Etymology 2

Elative of حَيّ (ḥayy, “alive; lively, energetic”), from the root ح ي و (ḥ-y-w).

Adjective

أَحْيَا • (ʔaḥyā)

1. Template:elative of:
   1. more alive; most alive
   2. livelier, more energetic; liveliest, most energetic

Declension

Declension of adjective أَحْيَا (ʔaḥyā)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	singular invariable		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā	الْأَحْيَا al-ʔaḥyā	حُيَّا ḥuyyā	الْحُيَّا al-ḥuyyā
Nominative	أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā	الْأَحْيَا al-ʔaḥyā	حُيَّا ḥuyyā	الْحُيَّا al-ḥuyyā
Accusative	أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā	الْأَحْيَا al-ʔaḥyā	حُيَّا ḥuyyā	الْحُيَّا al-ḥuyyā
Genitive	أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā	الْأَحْيَا al-ʔaḥyā	حُيَّا ḥuyyā	الْحُيَّا al-ḥuyyā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْيَيَيْن ʔaḥyayayn	الْأَحْيَيَيْن al-ʔaḥyayayn	حُيَّيَيْن ḥuyyayayn	الْحُيَّيَيْن al-ḥuyyayayn
Nominative	أَحْيَيَانِ ʔaḥyayāni	الْأَحْيَيَانِ al-ʔaḥyayāni	حُيَّيَانِ ḥuyyayāni	الْحُيَّيَانِ al-ḥuyyayāni
Accusative	أَحْيَيَيْنِ ʔaḥyayayni	الْأَحْيَيَيْنِ al-ʔaḥyayayni	حُيَّيَيْنِ ḥuyyayayni	الْحُيَّيَيْنِ al-ḥuyyayayni
Genitive	أَحْيَيَيْنِ ʔaḥyayayni	الْأَحْيَيَيْنِ al-ʔaḥyayayni	حُيَّيَيْنِ ḥuyyayayni	الْحُيَّيَيْنِ al-ḥuyyayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحَايِي ʔaḥāyī	الْأَحَايِي al-ʔaḥāyī	حُيَّيَات ḥuyyayāt	الْحُيَّيَات al-ḥuyyayāt
Nominative	أَحَايٍ ʔaḥāyin	الْأَحَايِي al-ʔaḥāyī	حُيَّيَاتٌ ḥuyyayātun	الْحُيَّيَاتُ al-ḥuyyayātu
Accusative	أَحَايِيَ ʔaḥāyiya	الْأَحَايِيَ al-ʔaḥāyiya	حُيَّيَاتٍ ḥuyyayātin	الْحُيَّيَاتِ al-ḥuyyayāti
Genitive	أَحَايٍ ʔaḥāyin	الْأَحَايِي al-ʔaḥāyī	حُيَّيَاتٍ ḥuyyayātin	الْحُيَّيَاتِ al-ḥuyyayāti

References

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

Etymology 3

Verb

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَيَّ (ḥayya)
2. first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya)
3. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَيَّ (ḥayya)
4. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya)

Verb

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَيَّ (ḥayya)
2. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya)
3. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَيَّ (ḥayya)
4. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya)

Etymology 4

Verb

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَيَّا (ḥayyā)
2. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَيَّا (ḥayyā)