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Root ح ی ی ḥ-y-y

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ح ی یḥ-y-y

(س) حَيِيَ يَحْيٰى حَيَاةًḥayiya yaḥyā ḥayātan: to be alive, to live. ﴿وَّيَحْيٰى مَنْ حَيَّ عَنْۢ بَيِّنَةٍ﴾ (Al-Anfāl 8:42)

(س) حَيِيَ يَحْيٰى حَيَآءًḥayiya yaḥyā ḥayāʾan: to be ashamed, to feel shy.

حَيٌّḥayy pl. اَحْيَاءٌaḥyāʾ, feminine حَيَّةٌḥayyah (adjectival noun): living, alive. ﴿اَللّٰهُ لَآ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّوْمُ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:255); ﴿بَلْ اَحْيَآءٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ﴾ (Āl ʿImrān 3:169)

حَيَاةٌḥayāh: life. ﴿اَلَّذِيْ خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيٰوةَ﴾ (Al-Mulk 67:2)

مَحْيَاmaḥyā (noun of time or place, ẓarf): the time of living, lifetime. ﴿اِنَّ صَلَاتِيْ وَنُسُكِيْ وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِيْ لِلّٰهِ﴾ (Al-Anʿām 6:162)

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَحْيَيَ يُحْيِيُ اِحْيَايًاaḥyaya yuḥyiyu iḥyāyan (original form) ⟵ اَحْيٰى يُحْيِيْ اِحْيَاءًaḥyā yuḥyī iḥyāʾan (form in use): to give life. ﴿يُحْيِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا﴾ (Ar-Rūm 30:19)

Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَحْيٰى يَسْتَحْيِيْ اِسْتِحْيَاءًistaḥyā yastaḥyī istiḥyāʾan: (1) to feel shame. ﴿اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِۦٓ اَنْ يَّضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَّا﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:26); ﴿فَجَآءَتْهُ اِحْدٰىهُمَا تَمْشِيْ عَلَي اسْتِحْيَآءٍ﴾ (Al-Qaṣaṣ 28:25); (2) to let live. ﴿وَيَسْتَحْيُوْنَ نِسَآءَكُمْ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:49)

Form II (tafʿīl) حَيّٰى يُحَيِّيْ تَحِيَّةًḥayyā yuḥayyī taḥiyyatan: to wish someone life, to pray for his long life, to greet; حَيِّḥayyi (imperative, amr): wish well, greet. ﴿وَاِذَا حُيِّيْتُمْ بِتَحِيَّةٍ فَحَيُّوْا بِاَحْسَنَ مِنْهَآ﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:86)

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