حياة

See also: حیات‎

Arabic

Alternative forms

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)

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
  • Malay: hayat
  • → Indonesian: hayat
  • Maltese: ħajja
  • Moroccan Arabic: حياة‎ (ḥayāt, ḥyāt)
  • → Azerbaijani: həyat
  • → Crimean Tatar: ayat
  • → Hindi: हयात (hayāt)
  • → Pashto: حيات‎ (hayãt)
  • → Persian: حیات‎ (hayât)
  • → Tajik: ҳаёт (hayot)
  • → Turkish: hayat
  • → Turkmen: hayat
  • → Urdu: حیات‎ (hayāt)
  • → Uyghur: ھايات‎ (hayat)
  • → Uzbek: hayot
  • → Swahili: hayati

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

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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