Arabic

Verb

أَحْيَا • ‎(ʾaḥyā) IV, non-past يُحْيِي‎ (yuḥyī)

1. to give life, to bring to life
2. to keep alive
3. to restore to life, resuscitate, revive
4. to cultivate
5. to wake all night

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أحيا”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Elative of حَيّ ‎(ḥayy, “alive; lively, energetic”), from the root ح ي و ‎(ḥ-y-w).

Adjective

أَحْيَا • ‎(ʾaḥyā) ‎(feminine حُيَّا ‎(ḥuyyā), masculine plural أَحَاءٍ ‎(ʾaḥāʾin), feminine plural حُيَّيَات ‎(ḥuyyayāt))

1. elative degree of حَيّ ‎(ḥayy):
   1. more alive; most alive
   2. livelier, more energetic; liveliest, most energetic

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 3

Verb

أَحْيَا • ‎(ʾaḥyā) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَيَّ ‎(ḥayya)
2. first-person singular non-past active indicative of حَيِيَ ‎(ḥayiya)
3. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَيَّ ‎(ḥayya)
4. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of حَيِيَ ‎(ḥayiya)

Verb

أُحْيَا • ‎(ʾuḥyā) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَيَّ ‎(ḥayya)
2. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَيِيَ ‎(ḥayiya)
3. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَيَّ ‎(ḥayya)
4. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَيِيَ ‎(ḥayiya)

Etymology 4

Verb

أُحَيَّا • ‎(ʾuḥayyā) ‎(form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of حَيَّا ‎(ḥayyā)
2. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَيَّا ‎(ḥayyā)