حياة

See also: حیات‎

Arabic

Alternative forms

حَيَوٰة‎ (ḥayāh) – classical spelling

Etymology

From the root ح ي و‎ (ḥ-y-w), related to Hebrew חַיִּים‎ (ḥayím, “life”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħa.jaːh/
Audio (حَيَاةٌ), Morrocco (file)
- (Egyptian) IPA^(key): /hɑyˈɛː/

Noun

حَيَاة • (ḥayāh) f (dual حَيَاتَانِ‎ (ḥayātāni), plural حَيَوَات‎ (ḥayawāt))

verbal noun of حَيِيَ‎ (ḥayiya) (form I)
life, lifestyle, lifetime
‏هٰذَا كِتَابٌ جَدِيدٌ عَنْ حَيَاةِ النِّسَاءِ الْعَرَبِيَّاتِ.‎‎
hāḏā kitābun jadīdun ʿan ḥayāti n-nisāʾi l-ʿarabiyyāti.
This is a new book about the life of Arab women.
lifeblood
liveliness, animation

Declension

Declension of noun حَيَاة (ḥayāh)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
Singular	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
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

Related terms

اِسْتِحْيَاء‎ (istiḥyāʾ)
الست المستحيَة‎
حوين‎
حى‎
حَيّ‎ (ḥayy, “alive”)

حَيَاء‎ (ḥayāʾ)
حياتي‎
حَيَّة‎ (ḥayya)
حَيَوَان‎ (ḥayawān)
حَيَوَانِيّ‎ (ḥayawāniyy)

حيوانيَة‎
حيوي‎
حيويات‎
حيويَة‎
محيًا‎

Descendants

Azerbaijani: həyat
Crimean Tatar: ayat
Hindustani:
Hindi: हयात (hayāt)

Urdu: حیات‎ (hayāt)
Maltese: ħajja
Pashto: حيات‎ (hayãt)

Persian: حیات‎ (hayât)
Tajik: ҳаёт (hayot)
Turkish: hayat
Turkmen: hayat
Uyghur: ھايات‎ (hayat)
Uzbek: hayot

References

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

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