و ح ي

و ح ي

Arabic

Root

و ح ي • (w-ḥ-y)

1. related to things being driven by mental inducement

Derived terms

• Form I: وَحَى‎ (waḥā, “to inspire, to reveal”)
  • Verbal noun: وَحْي‎ (waḥy)
  • Active participle: وَاحٍ‎ (wāḥin)
  • Passive participle: مَوْحِيّ‎ (mawḥiyy)
• Form II: وَحَّى‎ (waḥḥā, “to make hasten”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوْحِيَة‎ (tawḥiya)
  • Active participle: مُوَحٍّ‎ (muwaḥḥin)
  • Passive participle: مُوَحًّى‎ (muwaḥḥan)
• Form IV: أَوْحَى‎ (ʾawḥā, “to indicate, to insinuate, to inspire, to reveal, to hint”)
  • Verbal noun: إِيحَاء‎ (ʾīḥāʾ)
  • Active participle: مُوحٍ‎ (mūḥin)
  • Passive participle: مُوحًى‎ (mūḥan)
• Form V: تَوَحَّى‎ (tawaḥḥā, “to hasten”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوَحٍّ‎ (tawaḥḥin)
  • Active participle: مُتَوَحٍّ‎ (mutawaḥḥin)
• Form VI: تَوَاحَى‎ (tawāḥā, “to indicate to each other”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوَاحٍ‎ (tawāḥin)
  • Active participle: مُتَوَاحٍ‎ (mutawāḥin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَوَاحًى‎ (mutawāḥan)
• Form X: اِسْتَوْحَى‎ (istawḥā)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِيحَاء‎ (istīḥāʾ)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَوْحٍ‎ (mustawḥin)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَوْحًى‎ (mustawḥan)

• وَحَاء‎ (waḥāʾ, “haste”)
• وَحِيّ‎ (waḥiyy, “in haste, in hurry”)
  • أَوْحَى‎ (ʾawḥā, “more in hurry”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837), “و ح ي”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 446
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “و ح ي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1203
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “و ح ي”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1385