أحيا

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ح ي و (ḥ y w)
16 terms

Cognate with Hebrew הֶחְיָה (hekhyá).

Verb

أَحْيَا • (ʔaḥyā) IV (non-past يُحْيِي (yuḥyī), verbal noun إِحْيَاء (ʔiḥyāʔ))

1. (transitive) to give life to, to vivify, to quicken, to vitalize; to bring to life, to animate

   Antonym: أَمَاتَ (ʔamāta, “to end the life of; to disanimate; to kill; to deaden”)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:28:

     كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَاتًا فَأَحْيَاكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

     How do you disbelieve in Allah when He animated you when were inanimate and [when it is He who] shall disanimate you then reanimate you and to Him, you shall be returned?

   1. (figurative, of land) to fertilize

      أَحْيَا الْفَلَّاحُ الْأَرْضَ

      ʔaḥyā al-fallāḥu l-ʔarḍa

      The farmer cultivated the land.

      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 30:24:

        وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ يُرِيكُمُ الْبَرْقَ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَيُحْيِي بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

        wamin ʔāyātihi yurīkumu l-barqa ḵawfan waṭamaʕan wayunazzilu mina s-samāʔi māʔan fayuḥyī bihi l-ʔarḍa baʕda mawtihā ʔinna fī ḏālika laʔāyātin liqawmin yaʕqilūna

        It is of His signs that He shows you thunder for you to fear and to seek. And He brings down from the sky water to vivify the earth after its lifelessness. Verily, these are signs for thinking men.

   2. (figurative) to liven, to enliven

      أَحْيَا المُطْرِبُ حَفْلًا

      ʔaḥyā al-muṭribu ḥaflan

      The singer enlived a party.

2. (transitive) to keep alive
   1. to let live; to preserve, to keep
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:97:

        مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً

        man ʕamila ṣāliḥan min ḏakarin ʔaw ʔunṯā wahuwa muʔminun falanuḥyiyannahu ḥayātan ṭayyibatan

        Whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while being a believer, We shall preserve him [to live] a good life.

   2. to save
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:32:

        وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا

        wa-man ʔaḥyāhā fa-kaʔannamā ʔaḥyā an-nāsa jamīʕan

        And whoever saves one – it is as if he had saved mankind entirely.

3. (transitive) to restore to life
   1. to raise from the dead, to reanimate, resuscitate, to revive, to resurrect
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:73:

        كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْيِي اللَّهُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَيُرِيكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

        kaḏālika yuḥyī l-lahu l-mawtā wayurīkum ʔāyātihi laʕallakum taʕqilūna

        Thus, Allah raises the dead and shows you His signs that you may discern.

   2. (of an idea or a practice) to revive; to restore, to reinstitute

      إِحْيَاءُ عُلُومِ الدِّينِ

      ʔiḥyāʔu ʕulūmi d-dīni

      The Revival of the Religious Sciences

4. (transitive) to dedicate (nighttime) to prayer and worship

Conjugation

    Conjugation of أَحْيَا (IV, final-weak, full passive, verbal noun إِحْيَاء)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						إِحْيَاء ʔiḥyāʔ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُحْيٍ muḥyin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُحْيًى muḥyan
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أَحْيَيْتُ ʔaḥyaytu	أَحْيَيْتَ ʔaḥyayta	أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā		أَحْيَيْتُمَا ʔaḥyaytumā	أَحْيَيَا ʔaḥyayā		أَحْيَيْنَا ʔaḥyaynā	أَحْيَيْتُمْ ʔaḥyaytum	أَحْيَوْا ʔaḥyaw
	f		أَحْيَيْتِ ʔaḥyayti	أَحْيَتْ ʔaḥyat			أَحْيَتَا ʔaḥyatā			أَحْيَيْتُنَّ ʔaḥyaytunna	أَحْيَيْنَ ʔaḥyayna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحْيِي ʔuḥyī	تُحْيِي tuḥyī	يُحْيِي yuḥyī		تُحْيِيَانِ tuḥyiyāni	يُحْيِيَانِ yuḥyiyāni		نُحْيِي nuḥyī	تُحْيُونَ tuḥyūna	يُحْيُونَ yuḥyūna
	f		تُحْيِينَ tuḥyīna	تُحْيِي tuḥyī			تُحْيِيَانِ tuḥyiyāni			تُحْيِينَ tuḥyīna	يُحْيِينَ yuḥyīna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحْيِيَ ʔuḥyiya	تُحْيِيَ tuḥyiya	يُحْيِيَ yuḥyiya		تُحْيِيَا tuḥyiyā	يُحْيِيَا yuḥyiyā		نُحْيِيَ nuḥyiya	تُحْيُوا tuḥyū	يُحْيُوا yuḥyū
	f		تُحْيِي tuḥyī	تُحْيِيَ tuḥyiya			تُحْيِيَا tuḥyiyā			تُحْيِينَ tuḥyīna	يُحْيِينَ yuḥyīna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحْيِ ʔuḥyi	تُحْيِ tuḥyi	يُحْيِ yuḥyi		تُحْيِيَا tuḥyiyā	يُحْيِيَا yuḥyiyā		نُحْيِ nuḥyi	تُحْيُوا tuḥyū	يُحْيُوا yuḥyū
	f		تُحْيِي tuḥyī	تُحْيِ tuḥyi			تُحْيِيَا tuḥyiyā			تُحْيِينَ tuḥyīna	يُحْيِينَ yuḥyīna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		أَحْيِ ʔaḥyi			أَحْيِيَا ʔaḥyiyā				أَحْيُوا ʔaḥyū
	f		أَحْيِي ʔaḥyī							أَحْيِينَ ʔaḥyīna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أُحْيِيتُ ʔuḥyītu	أُحْيِيتَ ʔuḥyīta	أُحْيِيَ ʔuḥyiya		أُحْيِيتُمَا ʔuḥyītumā	أُحْيِيَا ʔuḥyiyā		أُحْيِينَا ʔuḥyīnā	أُحْيِيتُمْ ʔuḥyītum	أُحْيُوا ʔuḥyū
	f		أُحْيِيتِ ʔuḥyīti	أُحْيِيَتْ ʔuḥyiyat			أُحْيِيَتَا ʔuḥyiyatā			أُحْيِيتُنَّ ʔuḥyītunna	أُحْيِينَ ʔuḥyīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحْيَا ʔuḥyā	تُحْيَا tuḥyā	يُحْيَا yuḥyā		تُحْيَيَانِ tuḥyayāni	يُحْيَيَانِ yuḥyayāni		نُحْيَا nuḥyā	تُحْيَوْنَ tuḥyawna	يُحْيَوْنَ yuḥyawna
	f		تُحْيَيْنَ tuḥyayna	تُحْيَا tuḥyā			تُحْيَيَانِ tuḥyayāni			تُحْيَيْنَ tuḥyayna	يُحْيَيْنَ yuḥyayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحْيَا ʔuḥyā	تُحْيَا tuḥyā	يُحْيَا yuḥyā		تُحْيَيَا tuḥyayā	يُحْيَيَا yuḥyayā		نُحْيَا nuḥyā	تُحْيَوْا tuḥyaw	يُحْيَوْا yuḥyaw
	f		تُحْيَيْ tuḥyay	تُحْيَا tuḥyā			تُحْيَيَا tuḥyayā			تُحْيَيْنَ tuḥyayna	يُحْيَيْنَ yuḥyayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحْيَ ʔuḥya	تُحْيَ tuḥya	يُحْيَ yuḥya		تُحْيَيَا tuḥyayā	يُحْيَيَا yuḥyayā		نُحْيَ nuḥya	تُحْيَوْا tuḥyaw	يُحْيَوْا yuḥyaw
	f		تُحْيَيْ tuḥyay	تُحْيَ tuḥya			تُحْيَيَا tuḥyayā			تُحْيَيْنَ tuḥyayna	يُحْيَيْنَ yuḥyayna

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أحيا”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 1.2

Root
ح ي و (ḥ y w)
16 terms

Elative of حَيّ (ḥayy, “alive; lively, energetic”).

Adjective

أَحْيَا • (ʔaḥyā)

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

Declension

Declension of adjective أَحْيَا (ʔaḥyā)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	singular invariable		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā	الْأَحْيَا al-ʔaḥyā	حُيَّا ḥuyyā	الْحُيَّا al-ḥuyyā
Nominative	أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā	الْأَحْيَا al-ʔaḥyā	حُيَّا ḥuyyā	الْحُيَّا al-ḥuyyā
Accusative	أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā	الْأَحْيَا al-ʔaḥyā	حُيَّا ḥuyyā	الْحُيَّا al-ḥuyyā
Genitive	أَحْيَا ʔaḥyā	الْأَحْيَا al-ʔaḥyā	حُيَّا ḥuyyā	الْحُيَّا al-ḥuyyā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْيَيَيْن ʔaḥyayayn	الْأَحْيَيَيْن al-ʔaḥyayayn	حُيَّيَيْن ḥuyyayayn	الْحُيَّيَيْن al-ḥuyyayayn
Nominative	أَحْيَيَانِ ʔaḥyayāni	الْأَحْيَيَانِ al-ʔaḥyayāni	حُيَّيَانِ ḥuyyayāni	الْحُيَّيَانِ al-ḥuyyayāni
Accusative	أَحْيَيَيْنِ ʔaḥyayayni	الْأَحْيَيَيْنِ al-ʔaḥyayayni	حُيَّيَيْنِ ḥuyyayayni	الْحُيَّيَيْنِ al-ḥuyyayayni
Genitive	أَحْيَيَيْنِ ʔaḥyayayni	الْأَحْيَيَيْنِ al-ʔaḥyayayni	حُيَّيَيْنِ ḥuyyayayni	الْحُيَّيَيْنِ al-ḥuyyayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحَايِي ʔaḥāyī	الْأَحَايِي al-ʔaḥāyī	حُيَّيَات ḥuyyayāt	الْحُيَّيَات al-ḥuyyayāt
Nominative	أَحَايٍ ʔaḥāyin	الْأَحَايِي al-ʔaḥāyī	حُيَّيَاتٌ ḥuyyayātun	الْحُيَّيَاتُ al-ḥuyyayātu
Accusative	أَحَايِيَ ʔaḥāyiya	الْأَحَايِيَ al-ʔaḥāyiya	حُيَّيَاتٍ ḥuyyayātin	الْحُيَّيَاتِ al-ḥuyyayāti
Genitive	أَحَايٍ ʔaḥāyin	الْأَحَايِي al-ʔaḥāyī	حُيَّيَاتٍ ḥuyyayātin	الْحُيَّيَاتِ al-ḥuyyayāti

References

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

Etymology 1.3

Verb

أحيا (form I)

1. أَحْيَا (ʔaḥyā) /ʔaħ.jaː/: first-person singular non-past active indicative/subjunctive of حَيَّ (ḥayya)
2. أُحْيَا (ʔuḥyā) /ʔuħ.jaː/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative/subjunctive of حَيَّ (ḥayya)

Etymology 1.4

Verb

أُحَيَّا • (ʔuḥayyā) (form II) /ʔu.ħaj.jaː/

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