Root

5 verbs, 2 nouns

ح ي ي

VerbForm Iintransitiveto be alive, to live

حَيِيَ

Root: ح ي ي

AR

فُلَانٌ: عَاشَ وَصَارَ حَيًّا

UR(supplied)

زندہ ہونا، جینا

EN

To be alive, to live

Quranic witness · shāhid

لِّيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَن بَيِّنَةٍ وَيَحْيَىٰ مَنْ حَيَّ عَن بَيِّنَةٍ

that he who perished [through disbelief] would perish upon evidence and he who lived [in faith] would live upon evidence

Qurʾān 8:42
VerbForm IItransitivegoverned by بـto greet, salute, invoke life for

حَيَّا

Root: ح ي ي

AR

فُلَانًا: دَعَا لَهُ بِالحَيَاةِ؛ سَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ

UR(supplied)

سلام کرنا، زندگی کی دعا دینا، تحیت پیش کرنا

EN

To say [may] God preserve your life; to greet, to salute

Quranic witness · shāhid

وَإِذَا حُيِّيتُم بِتَحِيَّةٍ فَحَيُّوا بِأَحْسَنَ مِنْهَا أَوْ رُدُّوهَا

And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet in return with one better than it or return it

Qurʾān 4:86
VerbForm IVtransitiveto give life, to revive

أَحْيَا

Root: ح ي ي

AR

فُلَانًا: جَعَلَهُ حَيًّا

UR(supplied)

زندہ کرنا، جِلا دینا، زندہ رکھنا

EN

To restore life, to keep (s.o.) alive, to give life

Quranic witness · shāhid

كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَاتًا فَأَحْيَاكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ

How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life

Qurʾān 2:28
VerbForm Xintransitivegoverned by مِنْto be ashamed, to feel shy

اسْتَحْيَا

Root: ح ي ي

AR

فُلَانٌ مِنْ كَذَا: خَجِلَ مِنْهُ

UR(supplied)

شرمانا، حیا کرنا، جھجکنا

EN

To be ashamed, to be shy

Quranic witness · shāhid

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَّا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا

Indeed, Allah is not ashamed to present an example — that of a mosquito or what is even smaller than it

Qurʾān 2:26
VerbForm Xtransitiveto spare alive, let live

اسْتَحْيَا

Root: ح ي ي

AR

الأَسِيرَ: تَرَكَهُ حَيًّا فَلَمْ يَقْتُلْهُ

UR(supplied)

زندہ چھوڑ دینا، قتل نہ کرنا

EN

To save alive, to let live

Quranic witness · shāhid

يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْ

slaughtering your sons and keeping your women alive

Qurʾān 2:49
Nouna serpent, snake

حَيَّة

Root: ح ي ي

AR

الأَفْعَى، دَابَّةٌ زَاحِفَةٌ

UR(supplied)

سانپ

EN

A serpent, a snake

Quranic witness · shāhid

فَأَلْقَاهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ

So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake, moving swiftly

Qurʾān 20:20
Nounliving, alive

حَيّ

Root: ح ي ي

AR

ذُو الحَيَاةِ؛ خِلَافُ المَيِّتِ (ج أَحْيَاء)

UR(supplied)

زندہ، جیتا جاگتا

EN

Living, live, alive

Quranic witness · shāhid

بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ

Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision

Qurʾān 3:169