חיה

From Proto-Semitic *ḥay(aw)- (“animal”). Cognate with Arabic حَيَوَان‎ (ḥayawān), Classical Syriac ܚܝܘܬܐ‎ (ḥaywəṯā) and Ugaritic 𐎈𐎆𐎉 (ḥwt).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew)

  (animal, wild person, (present feminine singular) lives): IPA^(key): /χaˈja/

  ((present feminine singular) lives): IPA^(key): /ˈχa.ja/ (non standard)

  (proper noun): IPA^(key): /ˈχa.ja/

חייה \ חַיָּה • (khayá)

1. living, alive: feminine singular of חַי‎

חייה / חַיָּה • (khayá) f (plural indefinite חַיּוֹת‎, singular construct חיית / חַיַּת־‎, plural construct חַיּוֹת־‎)

1. animal (organism other than man)
2. animal (person who behaves wildly)

• בְּהֵמָה‎ (b'hemá)

• חיית בר‎ (khayát bar)
• חיית מחמד‎ (khayát makhmád)

חייה / חַיָּה • (kháya) f

1. a female given name

חַיָּה • (khayá)

1. living, lives: feminine singular present participle and present tense of חי‎ (khaya).

From Hebrew חָיָה‎ (khayá).

• IPA^(key): /ˈχaɪ̯ə/

חיה • (khaye) f, plural חיות‎ (khayes)

1. animal

• חייִש‎ (khayish)

• בהמה‎ (beheyme)