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ءحيا

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of life, living, and reviving. It encompasses being alive, causing something to live, and the state of life itself. It can also refer to sustenance and the means by which life is maintained.

Derived headwords

أَحْيَاverb
  1. 1.
    to reviveboth

    To bring back to life or consciousness; to restore to a former state or condition.

  2. 2.
    to give lifeboth

    To cause something to live or exist; to bestow life upon.

  3. 3.
    to keep aliveboth

    To sustain or maintain the life of someone or something.

حَيَاnoun
  1. 1.
    lifeboth

    The state of being alive; existence, vitality.

  2. 2.
    livingboth

    The means of sustaining life; livelihood.

Parallel reading

أحيا، بفتح الهمزة وسكون الحاء وياء تحتها نقطتان، ماء بالحجاز كانت به غزوة عبيدة بن الحرث بن عبد المطلب
Aḥyā, with a fatha on the hamza, sukun on the ha, and two dots under the ya, is a water source in the Hijaz where the expedition of 'Ubaydah ibn al-Ḥārith ibn 'Abd al-Muṭṭalib took place.
ويأتي ذكره في حيا
And its mention will come in [the entry for] ḥayā.