ح و ي

ح و ي • (ḥ-w-y)

1. related to fathoming, writhing and coiling

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: حَوَى‎ (ḥawā, “to glean, to fathom, to encompass, to contain”)
  • Verbal noun: حَيّ‎ (ḥayy), حَوَايَة‎ (ḥawāya)
  • Active participle: حَاوٍ‎ (ḥāwin, “snake-charmer, pilferer, scammer”)
  • Passive participle: مَحْوِيّ‎ (maḥwiyy, “coiled, serpentine”)
• Form II: حَوَّى‎ (ḥawwā, “to contract, retract or fold”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحْوِيَة‎ (taḥwiya)
  • Active participle: مُحَوٍّ‎ (muḥawwin)
  • Passive participle: مُحَوًّى‎ (muḥawwan)
• Form V: تَحَوَّى‎ (taḥawwā, “(reflexive) to contract, recoil, ply, roll”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحَوٍّ‎ (taḥawwin)
  • Active participle: مُتَحَوٍّ‎ (mutaḥawwin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَحَوًّى‎ (mutaḥawwan)
• Form VIII: اِحْتَوَى‎ (iḥtawā, “(with على‎ or ه‎ (h)) to contain, encompass, entail, include”)
  • Verbal noun: اِحْتِوَاء‎ (iḥtiwāʾ)
  • Active participle: مُحْتَوٍ‎ (muḥtawin)
  • Passive participle: مُحْتَوًى‎ (muḥtawan, “content”)

Nouns and adjectives

• حَيَّة‎ (ḥayya, “a snake or a worm”)
• حَوَاء‎ (ḥawāʾ, “noise”)
• حِوَاء‎ (ḥiwāʾ, “a row or an apple”)
• حَوِيَّة‎ (ḥawiyya, “a ply, a fold, a circumvolution”)
• حَاوِيَة‎ (ḥāwiya, “the guts, the intestines”)
• مُحْتَوَيَات‎ (muḥtawayāt, “(book) contents, table of content”), pl. of مُحْتَوًى‎ (muḥtawan)

• Corriente, Federico (2005), “ح و ي”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 281