حياء

Arabic

Root
ح ي و‎ (ḥ-y-w)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħa.jaːʔ/

Noun

حَيَاء • (ḥayāʔ) m

verbal noun of حَيِيَ‎ (ḥayiya) (form I)
shame, bashfulness, blush
bashful avoidance of a thing
fear of blame
rich produce
rain
(anatomy) pudendum, womb

Declension

Declension of noun حَيَاء (ḥayāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيَاء ḥayāʔ	الْحَيَاء‎ al-ḥayāʔ	حَيَاء ḥayāʔ
Nominative	حَيَاءٌ ḥayāʔun	الْحَيَاءُ‎ al-ḥayāʔu	حَيَاءُ ḥayāʔu
Accusative	حَيَاءً ḥayāʔan	الْحَيَاءَ‎ al-ḥayāʔa	حَيَاءَ ḥayāʔa
Genitive	حَيَاءٍ ḥayāʔin	الْحَيَاءِ‎ al-ḥayāʔi	حَيَاءِ ḥayāʔi

Descendants

→ Bengali: হায়া (haẏa)
→ Swahili: haya

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حياء”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

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