حي

See also: حيي, چی, جي, خی, جئ, and جٍي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ح ي و (ḥ-y-w)

Compare Hebrew חי (khay), Ge'ez ሐይወ (ḥäywä).

Alternative forms

Verb

حَيِيَ • (ḥayiya) I, non-past يَحْيَا‎ (yaḥyā)

  1. Alternative form of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya)
Conjugation

Interjection

حَيَّ • (ḥayya)

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    • حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ
      ḥayya ʕalā l-falāḥi
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Conjugation

Etymology 2

Root
ح ي و (ḥ-y-w)

Pronunciation 1

  • (file)

Noun

حَيّ • (ḥayy) m (plural أَحْيَاء (ʔaḥyāʔ))

  1. neighbourhood
Declension

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ħajj/

Adjective

حَيّ • (ḥayy) (feminine حَيَّة (ḥayya), masculine plural أَحْيَاء (ʔaḥyāʔ), elative أَحْيَا (ʔaḥyā))

  1. alive
Declension
Antonyms

Noun

حَيّ or حِيّ • (ḥayy or ḥiyy) m pl

  1. plural of حَيَاء (ḥayāʔ)

Verb

حَيَّ • (ḥayya)

  1. (defective) come!
    Synonyms: تَعَالَ (taʕāla), هَلُمَّ (halumma)
    حَيَّ عَلَى ٱلصَّلَاةِ
    ḥayya ʕalā ṣ-ṣalāti
    Come to prayer!

Etymology 4

Root
ح و ي (ḥ-w-y)

Noun

حَيّ • (ḥayy) m

  1. verbal noun of حَوَى (ḥawā) (form I)

Verb

حَيِّ • (ḥayyi) (form II)

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

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħajj/, /ħijj/
  • (file)

Adjective

حي • (ḥayy) (feminine حية (ḥayya), masculine plural حيين (ḥayyīn), feminine plural حيات (ḥayyāt))
حي • (ḥiyy) (feminine حية (ḥiyya), masculine plural حيين (ḥiyyīn), feminine plural حيات (ḥiyyāt))

  1. alive

Noun

حَي • (ḥiyy or ḥayy) m (plural أحياء (ʔaḥyāʔ))

  1. neighbourhood

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ي و
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħajj/, [ħaj]
  • (file)

Adjective

حيّ • (ḥayy) (feminine حيّة (ḥayye), common plural أحياء (ʔaḥyāʔ))

  1. living, alive

Noun

حيّ • (ḥayy) m (plural أحياء (ʔaḥyāʔ))

  1. district, neighbourhood
    Synonym: حارة (ḥāra)
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