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حي

حي

See also: حيي, چی, جي, خی, and جئ

Arabic

Alternative forms

Verb

حَيِيَ or حَيَّ (ḥayya or ḥayiya) I, non-past يَحْيَا‎ (yaḥyā)

  1. (intransitive) to live
  2. (transitive) to experience, to live to see, to witness
Conjugation
Usage notes
  • The non-geminate alternatives حَيِيَ (ḥayiya), حَيِيَتْ (ḥayiyat), etc. are only used in the intransitive senses.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

حَيّ (ḥayy) m (plural أَحْيَاء (ʾaḥyāʾ), feminine حَيَّة (ḥayya))

  1. verbal noun of حَوَى (ḥawā) (form I)
  2. anything that has life
Declension

Adjective

حَيّ (ḥayy) (feminine حَيَّة (ḥayya), masculine plural أَحْيَاء (ʾaḥyāʾ), elative أَحْيَا (ʾaḥyā))

  1. alive
Declension
Antonyms

Etymology 3

Noun

حَيّ or حِيّ (ḥayy or ḥiyy) m pl

  1. plural of حَيَاء (ḥayāʾ)

Etymology 4

Verb

حَيِّ (ḥayyi) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of حَيَّا (ḥayyā)