Arabic word sheet
حَيَاةٌ
Life
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ح ي ي
Meaning and usage
Life
The fact of being alive, the opposite of death. Also said of the whole span during which someone lives.
عَاشَ الْجَدُّ حَيَاةً طَوِيلَةً.
The grandfather lived a long life.
Way of life modern usage
The way people live day to day in a given place or setting: city life, country life.
حَيَاةُ الْمَدِينَةِ سَرِيعَةٌ.
City life is fast.
Word family
What the root means ح ي ي
The root carries the idea of being alive, as opposed to being dead. From it come the verb “to live”, the adjective “alive” and the nouns for life and for the time one lives.
to live, to be alive
حَيِيَ
alive, living
حَيٌّ
life (old usage); today: animal
حَيَوَانٌ
life, the time one lives
مَحْيًا
Synonyms
living, life
عَيْشٌ
It refers to how one lives and what one lives on rather than to the bare fact of being alive.
Opposites
death