Greetings & peopleRoot 11 of 12 in this field
ح-ي-ي
life; greeting
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Words from this root
7 words in 7 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فَعَلَة حَيَاةٌ
life
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فَعْل حَيٌّ
alive; (noun) a neighbourhood, quarter
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- Plural
- أَحْيَاءٌ
- Feminine
- حَيَّةٌ
الْحَيّ the neighbourhood
تَفْعِلَة Masdar of form II (ending in ة)
تَفْعِلَة = form II noun when the root ends in a weak letter
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a greeting
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- Plural
- تَحِيَّاتٌ
مَعَ تَحِيَّاتِي with my regards
فَعَّلَ حَيَّا
to greet, salute
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- يُحَيِّي
حَيَّاكَ اللّٰهُ 'may God give you life': welcome
فَعَلَان حَيَوَانٌ
animal
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- Plural
- حَيَوَانَاتٌ
أَفْعَلَ أَحْيَا
to bring to life; to revive
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- يُحْيِي
فَعْلِيّ حَيَوِيٌّ
vital; lively
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- Feminine
- حَيَوِيَّةٌ
How the patterns shape this root
حَيَاة is life and حَيّ is alive — and, as a noun, a living quarter of a town, the حَيّ of scene three, plural أَحْيَاء. A حَيَوَان (فَعَلَان) is a living thing, an animal. To greet is to wish life: form II حَيَّا gives تَحِيَّة, a greeting (مَعَ تَحِيَّاتِي, with my regards), and the Saudi welcome حَيَّاكَ اللّٰهُ means 'may God give you life'. Form IV أَحْيَا is to bring back to life. The root's two ي merge or turn into ا, so its words look very different from each other.
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