حياة

See also: حیات

Arabic
Root
ح ي و (ḥ-y-w)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Biblical Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayyím, “life”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ħa.jaːh/
  • Audio (حَيَاةٌ), Morrocco(file)

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

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

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”)
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