حى: ر حى ند حيو

أَحْيَى ذ in the saying أَحْيَى مِنْ ضَبٍّ [ More longlived than a ضبّ, a kind of lizard, which is supposed to live seven hundred years,] is from الحَيَاةُ. (TA.) ― -b2- In the sayings أَحْيَى مِنْ هَدِىٍّ [ More shy, or bashful, than the bride ] and أَحْيَى مِنْ مُخَدَّرَةٍ [ More shy, or bashful, than a girl kept behind the curtain ] it is from الحَيَاآءُ. (TA.)