حياة

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

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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 ʿan ḥayāti n-nisāʾi l-ʿarabiyyāti.

   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

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ي و‎

Etymology

From Arabic حَيَاة‎ (ḥayāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.jaː/, [ħaˈjæː]

• Audio (Jerusalem)

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Noun

حياة • (ḥayā) f

1. life, lifetime

See also

• عيشة‎ (ʕīše, “way of life, lifestyle”)
• عمر‎ (ʕumr, “lifetime; age”)