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Form 1حَيِىَ6 senses · 2 main
maṣdarحَيَوَانٌ حَيَاةٌ حَيَآءٌmuḍāriʿيَحْيَا

Core sense — he, or it, lived, was alive; the fire burned; the road became distinctgenerated

1.1he, or it, lived; he was, or became, in the state called حَيَاةٌ, explained below—حَىَّ

This latter form is the more common [like مَلَّ, originally مَلِلَ].

Dual حَيِيَا and حَيَّا; plural حَيُوا, like خَشُوا and حَيُّوا, as some say.

Muḍāriʿ يَحْيَا and يَحَىُّ [like يَمَلُّ, originally يَمْلَلُ], the second occurring in poetry, but improper, and disallowed by the Basrees.

or حَيَآءٌ and حِىٌّ and حَيَوَانٌ; the last has an intensive meaning, like its opposite مَوَتَانٌ.

[The suggests that حَيِىَ may originally be حَيِوَ, but I find no authority for this; and if it is so, this verb is the only instance of a root whose middle radical letter is ى and final و.]

1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthey were, or became, in good condition—حَيُوا

Said of a people, or company of men: or they were, or became, fat, having the means of subsistence, بَعْدَ هُزَالٍ [after leanness].

1.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthe fire was, or became, alive, or burning—حَيَّتِ النَّارُ

.

One says this as one says مَاتَت.

1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredthe road, or way, was, or became, apparent, or distinct—حَيِىَ الطَّرِيقُ
[When the road, or way, becomes apparent, or distinct, to you, take to the right]—إِذَا حَيِىَ لَكَ الطَّرِيقُ فَخُذْ يَمْنَةً
1.1.4

حَيِىَ and حَيِىَ مِنْهُ: see Form 10, in two places.

1.2

حَىَّ الخَمْسِينَ: see Form 2.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 6
7:25
قَالَ فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ

He said: "Therein shall ye live, and therein shall ye die; but from it shall ye be taken out (at last)."

20:74
إِنَّهُۥ مَن يَأْتِ رَبَّهُۥ مُجْرِمًا فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

Verily he who comes to his Lord as a sinner (at Judgment),- for him is Hell: therein shall he neither die nor live.

23:37
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

"There is nothing but our life in this world! We shall die and we live! But we shall never be raised up again!

45:24
وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَآ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهْرُ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

And they say: "What is there but our life in this world? We shall die and we live, and nothing but time can destroy us." But of that they have no knowledge: they merely conjecture:

87:13
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

In which they will then neither die nor live.

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, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) and حَىَّ , (S, K,) which latter is the more common, (Fr, S,) [like مَلَّ , originally مَلِلَ ,] dual حَيِيَا , and حَيَّا , (Fr,) pl. حَيُوا , (Fr, S,) like خَشُوا , (S,) and حَيُّوا , (Fr, S,) as some say, (S,) aor. يَحْيَا , (S, Msb, K,) and يَحَىُّ , (Fr, K,) [like يَمَلُّ , originally يَمْلَلُ ,] occurring in poetry, but improper, and disallowed by the Basrees, (Fr,) inf. n. حَيَاةٌ [q. v. infrà], (IB, Mgh, Msb,) or حَيَآءٌ , (K,) and حِىٌّ and حَيَوَانٌ , (IB,) which last has an intensive signification, like its contr. مَوَتَانٌ , (Msb,) He, or it, lived; or was, or became, in the state termed حَيَاةٌ , explained below. (S, K.) [The inf. n. حَيَوَانٌ (q. v. infrà) suggests the supposition that حَيِىَ may be originally حَيِوَ ; but I find no authority for this supposition; and if it be the case, this verb presents the only instance of a root of which the medial radical letter is ى and the final و .] حَيُوا , said of a people, or company of men, They were, or became, in good condition: (AA, S:) or they were, or became, fat, by having the means of subsistence, بَعْدَ هُزَالٍ [after leanness]. (AZ. [See also 4.]) You say also, حَيَّتِ النَّارُ , inf. n. حَيَاةٌ and حَيَآءٌ , [The fire was, or became, alive, or burning,] like as you say, مَاتَت . (AHn.) حَيِىَ الطَّرِيقُ The road, or way, was, or became, apparent, or distinct. (K.) One says, إِذَا حَيِىَ لَكَ الطَّرِيقُ فَخُذْ يَمْنَةً [When the road, or way, becomes apparent, or distinct, to thee, take to the right]. (TA.) حَيِىَ and حَيِىَ مِنْهُ , aor. يَحْيَا , inf. n. حَيَآءٌ : see 10, in two places. حَىَّ الخَمْسِينَ : see 2.
Form 2حيّاهُ5 senses · 3 main
maṣdarتَحِيَّةٌ

Core sense — he greeted him, he saluted him; he prayed for his lifegenerated

2.1may God keep you alive; may God prolong your life, or make you continue in life—حَيَّاكَ ٱللّٰهُ

in its primary sense the same as احياهُ.

Synonym أَبْقَاكَ (Fr, Selemeh Ibn-'Ásim); also احياك (Selemeh Ibn-'Ásim), or عَمَّرَكَ (Aboo-'Othmán El-Mázinee).

Or: may God save you, or keep you free from evil or harm; or may God give you dominion; or may God honour you and benefit you.

And حَيَّاكَ ٱللّٰهُ وَبَيَّاكَ [explained in the article بى].

[May God preserve your face]—حَيَّا ٱللّٰهُ وَجْهَكَ

See مُحَيًّا.

2.1.1he said this to him—حَيَّاكَ ٱللّٰهُ
he saluted him—حيّاهُ تَحِيَّةَ المُؤْمِنِ

The words are explained above. Originally, he prayed for his life; then, he prayed for him generally; he saluted him.

As used in the language of the law: he said to him سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ.

2.1.2

[See also تَحِيَّةٌ below.]

2.2he approached [the age of] fifty—حيّا الخَمْسِينَ

In the CK written, wrongly, حَىَّ الخَمْسِينَ.

2.3[I wrote a beautiful ح]—حَيَّيَتُ حَآءً حَسَنةً

Also حَسَنًا in the same sense; mentioned under باب الالف اللّينة.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2
4:86
وَإِذَا حُيِّيتُم بِتَحِيَّةٍ فَحَيُّوا۟ بِأَحْسَنَ مِنْهَآ أَوْ رُدُّوهَآ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَسِيبًا

When a (courteous) greeting is offered you, meet it with a greeting still more courteous, or (at least) of equal courtesy. Allah takes careful account of all things.

58:8
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ نُهُوا۟ عَنِ ٱلنَّجْوَىٰ ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ لِمَا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَيَتَنَـٰجَوْنَ بِٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَمَعْصِيَتِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَإِذَا جَآءُوكَ حَيَّوْكَ بِمَا لَمْ يُحَيِّكَ بِهِ ٱللَّهُ وَيَقُولُونَ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَوْلَا يُعَذِّبُنَا ٱللَّهُ بِمَا نَقُولُ ۚ حَسْبُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ يَصْلَوْنَهَا ۖ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

Turnest thou not thy sight towards those who were forbidden secret counsels yet revert to that which they were forbidden (to do)? And they hold secret counsels among themselves for iniquity and hostility, and disobedience to the Messenger. And when they come to thee, they salute thee, not as Allah salutes thee, (but in crooked ways): And they say to themselves, "Why does not Allah punish us for our words?" Enough for them is Hell: In it will they burn, and evil is that destination!

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, inf. n. تَحِيَّةٌ , (Mgh, Msb, K,) in its primary sense, i. q. احياهُ . (Mgh.) You say, حَيَّاكَ ٱللّٰهُ , (S, K,) meaning May God preserve thee alive; prolong thy life; or make thee to continue in life; syn. أَبْقَاكَ ; (Fr, Selemeh Ibn- 'Ásim, K;) as also احياك ; (Selemeh Ibn-'Ásim, TA;) or عَمَّرَكَ : (Aboo-'Othmán El-Mázinee, Mgh, TA:) or may God save thee; or make thee to be free from evil, or harm, or the like: (Fr, TA:) or may God make thee to have dominion: (Fr, S, K:) or may God honour thee, and benefit thee. (Ham. p. 489.) And حَيَّاكَ ٱللّٰهُ وَبَيَّاكَ [explained in art. بى ]. (TA.) And حَيَّا ٱللّٰهُ وَجْهَكَ [May God preserve thy face: see مُحَيًّا ]. (Ham p. 23.) Also He said to him حَيَّاكَ ٱللّٰهُ , explained above: (Mgh:) originally, he prayed for his life: and then, he prayed for him, absolutely: (Msb:) he saluted him; (K, TA;) and so حيّاهُ تَحِيَّةَ المُؤْمِنِ : (Lh, TA:) as used in the language of the law, he said to him, سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ . (Msb.) [See also تَحِيَّةٌ , below.] حيّا الخَمْسِينَ [in the CK (erroneously) حَىَّ الخَمْسِينَ ] He approached [the age of] fifty. (IAar, K, TA.) حَيَّيَتُ حَآءً حَسَنةً and حَسَنًا [I wrote a beautiful ح ]. (TA in باب الالف اللّينة .)
Form 3حَايَيْتُ النَّارَ1 sense
maṣdarمُحَايَاةٌ

Core sense — I gave life to, or revived, the fire by blowinggenerated

3.1figurative · مجاز — inferred[I gave life to, enlivened, or revived, the fire] by blowing—أَحْيَيْتُهَا

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[See also Form 2 in the article رهب, where a similar meaning is given to the former verb; but perhaps it is a mistranscription there.]

مُحَايَاةٌ also means the nourishment (غِذَآء [properly a substantive, but here seemingly used as a maṣdar]) for, or of, a child, with that by which his life is sustained, or, as in the M, because his life is by it.

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, (inf. n. مُحَايَاةٌ , TA,) i. q. أَحْيَيْتُهَا [i. e. I gave life to, enlivened, or revived, the fire] by blowing. (K.) [See also 2 in art. رهب ; where a similar meaning is assigned to the former verb; but perhaps it is there a mistranscription.] مُحَايَاةٌ also signifies Nourishment ( غِذَآء [which is properly speaking a subst., but seems to be here used as an inf. n.,]) for, or of a child, (K, TA,) with that whereby is his life, or, as in the M, because thereby is his life. (TA.)
Form 4احياهُ9 senses · 2 main
maṣdarإِحْيَآءٌ

Core sense — he made him alive, he quickened him; he revived the landgenerated

4.1Is not That Doer of these things able to quicken the dead?—أَلَيْسَ ذٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ أَنْ يُحْيِىَ المَوْتَى

. Said of God: he made him alive, or a living being; he quickened, or revived, him.

From the Qur'ān 75, last verse.

4.1.1

See also Form 2, in two places.

4.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred[And is he who was intellectually dead and whom we have given the faculty of intellect...?]—أَوَمَنْ كَانَ مَيِّتًا فَأَحْيَيْنَاهُ

From the Qur'ān 6:122.

Er-Rāghib: he (God) gave him the faculty of intellect.

4.1.3

See also Form 3.

4.1.4figurative · مجازhe (God) revived the earth, or land, by the rain, so that plants, or herbage, grew in it—احيا الأَرْضَ
the land was tilled, and made productive—أُحْيِيَتِ الأَرْضُ
he put to use unowned, unused and uncultivated land, by walling it round, sowing it, building on it, and the like—احيا المَوَاتِ
4.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also: he (a man) found the land to be fruitful, or abundant in herbage, with fresh herbage.

4.1.6figurative · مجاز — inferredhe passed the night in religious service, worship, or devotion, abstaining from sleep—احيا اللَّيْلَ

Or [simply] he remained awake during the night.

he passed his night awake—احيا لَيْلَتَهُ
4.2the she-camel had living offspring—احيت النَّاقَةُ

Her offspring seldom, or never, died.

4.2.1the people, or company of men, had their cattle living—احيا القَوْمُ

Or: they had their cattle in good condition; or they had rain, so that their beasts got herbage until they grew fat; or they themselves came into a state of abundance of herbage, or plenty.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4 5 shown of 47
10:56
هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

It is He Who giveth life and who taketh it, and to Him shall ye all be brought back.

15:23
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ

And verily, it is We Who give life, and Who give death: it is We Who remain inheritors (after all else passes away).

26:81
وَٱلَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ

"Who will cause me to die, and then to life (again);

50:43
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ

Verily it is We Who give Life and Death; and to Us is the Final Goal-

53:44
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا

That it is He Who granteth Death and Life;

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, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) inf. n. إِحْيَآءٌ , (TA,) said of God, (S, Msb,) He made him alive, to live, or be a living being; quickened, endued with life, vivified, [revivified, revived, or resuscitated,] him. (S, * Msb, * K.) Hence, in the Kur [lxxv. last verse], أَلَيْسَ ذٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ أَنْ يُحْيِىَ المَوْتَى , (S, TA,) i. e. Is not That Doer of these things (Jel) [able to quicken the dead?]. See also 2, in two places. He (God) endued him with the intellectual faculty: as in the saying, in the Kur [vi. 122], أَوَمَنْ كَانَ مَيِّتًا فَأَحْيَيْنَاهُ [And is he who was intellectually dead and whom we have endued with the intellectual faculty...?]. (Er-Rághib.) See also 3. احيا الأَرْضَ He (God) revived the earth, or land, by the rain, so as to produce in it plants, or herbage. (TA.) And أُحْيِيَتِ الأَرْضُ The land was tilled, and made productive. (AHn.) And احيا المَوَاتِ He turned to use the unowned and unused and uncultivated land by walling it round or sowing it or building upon it and the like. (TA.) Also He (a man) found the land to be fruitful, or abundant in herbage, (S, K,) with fresh herbage. (K.) احيا اللَّيْلَ He passed the night in religious service, worship, adoration, or devotion, abstaining from sleep: (TA:) or [simply] he remained awake during the night. (W p. 9.) And احيا لَيْلَتَهُ He passed his night awake. (MA.) احيت النَّاقَةُ The she-camel had living offspring; (S, K;) her offspring seldom, or never, died. (S.) احيا القَوْمُ The people, or company of men, had their cattle living: (K:) or had their cattle in good condition: (AA, S, K:) or had rain, so that their beasts obtained herbage to such a degree that they became fat: (AZ:) or they (themselves) became in a state of abundance of herbage, or plenty. (S, K. [See also 1.])
Form 5تحيّا مِنْهُ1 sense

Core sense — he shrank from itgenerated

5.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

He shrank from it.

Taken from الحَيَآءُ [or الحَيَاةُ], because it is the nature of the living to shrink.

Or it is originally تَحَوَّى, the و being changed into ى; that is, from الحَىُّ, “the act of collecting” [maṣdar of حَوَاهُ], like تَحَيَّزَ from الحَوْزُ.

[See also Form 10.]

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He shrank from it: taken from الحَيَآءُ [or الحَيَاةُ ]; because it is of the nature of the living to shrink: or it is originally تَحَوَّى ; the و being changed into ى ; or [in other words] from الحَىُّ “ the act of collecting, ” [inf. n. of حَوَاهُ ,] like تَحَيَّزَ from الحَوْزُ . (TA.) [See also 10.]
Form 6تَحَايَا1 sense

Core sense — he revived, or enlivened, himselfgenerated

6.1

As quasi-passive of Form 3: he quickened, enlivened, or revived, himself.

See an example under رُوحٌ.

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as quasi-pass. of 3, He quickened, enlivened, or revived, himself. See an ex. voce رُوحٌ .]
Form 10استحياهُ3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarحَيَآءٌmuḍāriʿيَحْيَا

Core sense — he spared him, he let him live; he was ashamed, he shrank from itgenerated

10.1

He spared him; he let him live, or left him alive; he did not slay him. In this sense the verb has but one form.

Or: he left him, let him alone, or forbore from him.

10.1.1God will not spare to propound, or refrain from propounding, a parable, or as a parable—إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِى أَنْ يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا

From the Qur'ān 2:24; some say it is from this sense. It means لَا يَسْتَبْقِى.

[God] forbears from punishing [the grey-haired Muslim]—إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ يَسْتَحْيِى مِنْ ذِى الشَّيْبَةِ المُسْلِمِ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَهُ

Er-Rāghib gives this explanation.

10.1.2he felt, or was moved with, shame, shyness, or bashfulness; his soul shrank from foul things—اِسْتَحْيَى

[It is also written اِسْتَحْيَا, which is the more proper way of writing it. The shame meant is particularly, but not always, honest shame, pudency, or modesty; and so also اِسْتَحَى and حَيِىَ.]

استحيى is of the dialect of El-Ḥijáz; استحى, with a single ى, is of the dialect of Temeem; the former is the original, and is the form used in the Qur'ān.

In the latter, the first ى [of the original] is dropped, [and its vowel is moved to the ح] to make the pronunciation easier, because of the meeting of the two ى s. This is Sb's opinion, and Aboo-'Othmán [El-Mázinee] agrees with it.

The opinion ascribed to Sb in the S, that اِسْتَحَيْتُ is changed from اِسْتَحْيَيْتُ in the same way as اِسْتَبَعْتُ is changed from اِسْتَبٌيَعْتُ, is Kh's, and El-Mázinee does not allow it.

he was ashamed of it, or ashamed to do it; he shrank from it, or from him—استحيى منه

In the CK, wrongly, عَنْهُ.

Or استحيا منه and استحى منه and استحياهُ and استحاهُ, which the CK has in the place of استحياهُ.

Also حَيِىَ منه.

he disdained, or scorned, such a thing; he refused it out of disdain and pride; he shunned it—استحيى مِنْ كَذَا

Generally said of a foul thing: he was ashamed for himself, or bashful or shy with respect to it, or him; he was abashed at it.

[Or استحيا.] Its synonym is أَنِفَ مِنْهُ.

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2:49
وَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ

And remember, We delivered you from the people of Pharaoh: They set you hard tasks and punishments, slaughtered your sons and let your women-folk live; therein was a tremendous trial from your Lord.

7:141
وَإِذْ أَنجَيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ

And remember We rescued you from Pharaoh's people, who afflicted you with the worst of penalties, who slew your male children and saved alive your females: in that was a momentous trial from your Lord.

40:25
فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَبْنَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ وَٱسْتَحْيُوا۟ نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا كَيْدُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ

Now, when he came to them in Truth, from Us, they said, "Slay the sons of those who believe with him, and keep alive their females," but the plots of Unbelievers (end) in nothing but errors (and delusions)!...

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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He spared him; let him live; or left him alive; (S, Msb, K, TA;) did not slay him; (Msb;) in which sense the verb has but one form: (Msb, TA:) or he left him; let him alone; or forbore from him. (Mgh.) Hence, as some say, (K,) إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِى أَنْ يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا , (S, K,) in the Kur [ii. 24], i. e. لَا يَسْتَبْقِى [meaning Verily God will not spare to propound, or refrain from propounding, a parable, or as a parable]. (S.) [Hence, also,] إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ يَسْتَحْيِى مِنْ ذِى الشَّيْبَةِ المُسْلِمِ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَهُ , i. e. [Verily God] forbears from punishing [the hoary Muslim]. (Er-Rághib.) [ اِسْتَحْيَى , or اِسْتَحْيَا , which latter is the more proper mode of writing it, also signifies He felt, or had a sense of, or he was, or became, moved or affected with, shame, shyness, or bashfulness; and particularly, but not always, honest shame, or pudency, or modesty; or his soul shrank from foul things; as also اِسْتَحَى ; and حَيِىَ , inf. n. حَيَآءٌ .] استحيى is of the dial. of El-Hijáz; and استحى , with a single ى , is of the dial. of Temeem; (Akh, S, Msb;) the former being the original, (Akh, S,) and that which is used in the Kur: (Msb:) in the latter, the first ى [of the original] is suppressed, [and its vowel is transferred to the ح ,] to facilitate the pronunciation, because of the occurrence of the two ى s together: this is the opinion of Sb; and with it agrees that of Aboo-'Othmán [ElMázinee]: the opinion ascribed to Sb in the S, namely, that اِسْتَحَيْتُ is changed from اِسْتَحْيَيْتُ in like manner as اِسْتَبَعْتُ is changed from اِسْتَبٌيَعْتُ , is that of Kh, and is disallowed by El-Mázinee. (IB.) You say, استحيى منه , (S, K, [in the CK, erroneously, عَنْهُ ,]) or استحيا منه , (Mgh, Msb,) and استحى منه , and استحياهُ , (S, Msb, K, TA,) and استحاهُ ; (TA, [and so in the CK in the place of استحياهُ ;]) as also حَيِىَ منه , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. يَحْيَا , (S,) inf. n. حَيَآءٌ ; (S, * Mgh, Msb, K;) He was ashamed of it or on account of it, or ashamed to do it, or shy of doing it; [generally meaning a foul thing;] he was ashamed for himself, or of himself, or was bashful, or shy, with respect to it, or him; he was abashed at, or shy of, it, or him; (K;) he shrank from it, or him: (Msb, K: *) and استحيى مِنْ كَذَا [or استحيا ] He disdained, or scorned, such a thing; abstained from it, or refused to do it, by reason of disdain and pride; he dislike, or hated, it, and his soul was above it; he shunned it, avoided it, or kept himself far from it; syn. أَنِفَ مِنْهُ . (TA.)

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Nounحَىَّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — come; come quickly; hastengenerated

1come to prayer; come quickly to prayer; hasten to prayer—حَىَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاهٌ

A verbal noun, and so followed immediately by عَلَى, used as an imperative addressed to a single person, male or female, and to more than one; used in calling, summoning, inviting, and urging. It means: come; or come quickly; or hasten.

No verb is derived from it alone, for حَيْعَلَ is derived from حَىَّ and عَلَى together.

Found in the أَذَان.

And حَىَّ عَلَى الفَلَاحْ [in the same: see the article فلح].

[Come to the morning meal]—حَىَّ عَلَى الغَدَآءِ
[Come to the evening meal]—على العَشَآءِ
[Come to the crumbled bread moistened with broth]—على الثَّرِيدِ
[Come to good, good fortune, prosperity, and the like]—على الخَيْرِ

on this sense The saying of Ibn-Aḥmar [for the riders upon the camels have gone]

shāhid
حَىَّ الحُمُولَ فَإِنَّ الرَّكْبَ قَدْ ذَهَبَا

means: keep to the loads.

1.1come to prayer—حَىَّ هَلَ الصَّلَاةَ

In the phrase حَىَّ هَلَ and حَىَّ هَلًا, followed by عَلَى كَذَا and إِلَى كَذَا and حَىَّ هَلَا — this last used when pausing, but bad in other cases.

Also حَىَّ هَلْ and حَيَّهْل [so in the copies of the K], with the ه sākin, and حىّ هلن [apparently حَىَّ هَلَنْ for حَىَّ هَلًا, or perhaps a mistranscription for حَىَّ هَلَكَ].

[The most common rendering of حَىَّ هَلَ and the like is like that of حَىَّ alone, namely: come.]

Or حىّ means hasten, and [هل or] هلا means come to it, or reach it; so that the meaning is: hasten; come to such a thing.

Or حىّ means come, and [هل or] هلا means quickly, or be quick; so that the meaning is: come quickly to such a thing.

Or [هل or] هلا means be quiet, and the meaning is أَسْرِعْ عِنْدَ ذِكْرِهِ وَٱسْكُنْ حَتَّى يَنْقَضِىَ [Speed at the mention of it, and be quiet until it is finished].

hasten with such a one; or keep to such a one, and call him—حَىَّ هَلْ بِفُلَانٍ

According to Abu-l-Khattáb, the Arabs used to say this.

One says also حَىَّ هَلًا بفلان (IAar, and so in manuscript copies of the K) and حَىَّ هَلَ بفلان.

[When the good, or righteous, are mentioned, then] keep to 'Omar, and call 'Omar—إِذَا ذُكِرَ الصَّالِحُونَ فِحَىَّ هَلَ بِعُمَرَ

Said in a tradition; or فَحَيَّهَلًا بِعُمَرَ: and begin with him, and be quick in mentioning him; for he is of those.

According to some of the grammarians, when you say حَىَّ هَلًا with tanwīn it is as though you said حَثًّا, and without tanwīn as though you said الحَثَّ, the tanwīn being made a sign of indefiniteness and its omission a sign of definiteness; and so it is in all compounds of this kind. [See also the article هل.]

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a verbal noun, (S, M, Mgh, TA,) and therefore immediately followed by عَلَى , (M, TA,) used as an imperative [addressed to a single person, male or female, and to more than one]; (S;) used in calling, or summoning, or inviting, and urging; (Lth, T, TA;) and having no verb derived from it [alone, for حَيْعَلَ is derived from حَىَّ and عَلَى together]; (Lth, T, Msb, TA;) meaning Come: (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K, TA, &c.:) or come quickly: or hasten. (Mgh, TA.) Hence, حَىَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاهٌ (in the أَذَان , TA) Come to prayer: (IKt, S, M, Msb, K:) or come ye to prayer: or come ye quickly: or hasten ye. (TA.) And حَىَّ عَلَى الفَلَاحْ [in the same: see art. فلح ]. (Mgh, TA.) And حَىَّ عَلَى الغَدَآءِ [Come to the morning-meal]: and على العَشَآءِ [to the evening-meal]: (Msb:) and على الثَّرِيدِ [to the crumbled bread moistened with broth]: (S:) and على الخَيْرِ [to good, good fortune, prosperity, &c.]. (Lth, T, TA.) The saying of Ibn-Ahmar, 1 means Keep thou to the loads [for the riders upon the camels have gone]. (TA.) حَىَّ الحُمُولَ فَإِنَّ الرَّكْبَ قَدْ ذَهَبَا In the phrase حَىَّ هَلَ , and حَىَّ هَلًا , followed by عَلَى كَذَا and إِلَى كَذَا , and حَىَّ هَلَا , (K,) which last is used in a case of pausation, but is bad in other cases, (S in art. هل ,) and حَىَّ هَلْ , and حَيَّهْل , [so in the copies of the K,] with the ه quiescent, (K,) and حىّ هلن [app. حَىَّ هَلَنْ , for حَىَّ هَلًا , or perhaps a mistranscription for حَىَّ هَلَكَ ], (TA,) [the most common rendering of حَىَّ هَلَ &c. is like that of حَىَّ alone, namely, Come: or] حىّ signifies hasten thou; and [ هل or] هلا , come to it, or reach it; [so that the meaning is hasten thou: come to such a thing:] or حىّ signifies come; and [ هل or] هلا , quickly ( حَثِيثًا ), or be thou quick; [so that the meaning is come quickly to such a thing:] or [ هل or] هلا signifies be thou quiet; and the meaning is أَسْرِعْ عِنْدَ ذِكْرِهِ وَٱسْكُنْ حَتَّى يَنْقَضِىَ [Speed thou at the mention thereof, and be quiet until it is finished]. (K.) Accord. to Abu-lKhattáb, the Arabs used to say, حَىَّ هَلَ الصَّلَاةَ , meaning Come thou to prayer. (TA.) And one says, حَىَّ هَلْ بِفُلَانٍ , (IAar, and so in the CK,) and حَىَّ هَلًا بفلان , (IAar, and so in MS. copies of the K,) and حَىَّ هَلَ بفلان , meaning Hasten thou with such a one: (IAar:) or keep thou to such a one, and call him. (K.) It is said in a trad., إِذَا ذُكِرَ الصَّالِحُونَ فِحَىَّ هَلَ بِعُمَرَ , (S in art. هل ,) or فَحَيَّهَلًا بِعُمَرَ , (TA,) i. e. [When the good, or righteous, are mentioned, then] keep thou to 'Omar, and call 'Omar, (S ubi suprà, and TA,) and begin with him, and be quick in mentioning him; (TA;) for he is of such. (S ubi suprà.) Accord. to some of the grammarians, (TA,) when you say حَىَّ هَلًا , with tenween, it is as though you said حَثًّا ; and without tenween, it is as though you said الحَثَّ ; the tenween being made a sign of indeterminateness; and the omission of it, a sign of determinateness: and so it is in all compounds of this kind. (K.) [See also art. هل .]
Nounحَىٌّ18 senses · 8 main

Core sense — living, alive; a tribe of the Arabs; the vulva of a womangenerated

1he is dead—لَيْسَ بِحَىٍّ

Living, having life, alive; the opposite of مَيِّتٌ [or مَيْتٌ]; and حَيَوَانٌ is synonymous with حَىٌّ [as meaning having animal life].

Diminutive of the former حُيَىٌّ; plural أحْيَآءٌ.

[He was struck a blow] in consequence of which he will not live—ضُرِبَ ضَرْبَةً لَيْسَ بِحَاىٍ مِنْهَا

Said of a person.

In the CK ضَرَبَ, and in [some of] the copies of the K, wrongly, بِحَآءٍ.

Like the saying لَا تَأْكُلْ كَذَا فَإِنَّكَ مَارِضٌ, which means: you will be sick if you eat such a thing.

such a one came to us in his lifetime—أَتَانَا حَىُّ فُلَانٍ

Or the former may mean: such a one himself came to us; and the latter: I heard such a one himself say this. For حى [that is, حَىّ as a prefixed noun] is sometimes redundant, like آل and ذُو; and IB says that حَىُّ فُلَانٍ means such a one himself.

I heard such a one say this in his lifetime—سَمِعْتُ حَىَّ فُلَانٍ يَقُولُ كَذَا

According to ISh.

how are you, and those of your family still alive?—كَيْفَ أَنْتَ وَحَيَّةُ أَهْلِكَ
1.1

Er-Rāghib: applied to God, deathless.

1.2

Er-Rāghib: having the faculty of growth, as an animal, and as a plant.

Applied to a plant: fresh, juicy, or succulent, and growing tall.

1.3

Er-Rāghib: [sensitively alive;] having the faculty of sensation.

1.4figurative · مجاز — inferred

Er-Rāghib: [intellectually alive;] having the faculty of intellect.

[Hence,] a Muslim, just as مَيِّتٌ means an unbeliever.

1.5figurative · مجاز — inferred

Er-Rāghib: lively, meaning free from grief or sorrow.

1.6figurative · مجاز — inferred

Whole, sound, or unbroken; see the article صأب.

1.7figurative · مجاز — inferredfruitful land; land abounding with herbage—أَرَضٌ حَيَّةٌ

Just as ارض مَيْتَةٌ means unfruitful land.

1.8figurative · مجاز — inferredthe sun is, or was, of a clear colour, unaltered by nearing the place of setting—الشَّمْسُ حَيَّةٌ

As though its setting were regarded as its death.

Or: still bright and white; or still hot and powerful; but the first of these two meanings is the more likely.

1.9figurative · مجاز — inferreda live, or burning, fire—نَارٌ حَيَّةٌ
1.10figurative · مجاز — inferredan apparent, or a distinct, road or way—طَرِيقٌ حَىٌّ

Plural أَحْيَآءٌ.

2

See also حَيَّةٌ, first sentence.

3

[A tribe] of the Arabs: the children, or descendants, of one father or ancestor, whether many or few.

And a شَعْب comprising قَبَائِل; or a قَبِيلَة of the Arabs; or a بَطْن of the بُطُون of the Arabs. Plural أَحْيَآءٌ.

4the paraphernalia of a bride—سَعَفُ الحَىِّ

Az: the vulva, or outer portion of the organs of generation, of a woman.

See also حَيَآءٌ, of which حَىٌّ is also said to be a plural.

So applied by an Arab of the desert.

5nothing is forbidden him—لَاحَىَّ عَنْهُ

That is, لَامَنْعَ مِنْهُ: there is no forbiddance of him.

6he does not know, or will not know, what is true from what is false—لَا يَعْرِفُ الحَىَّ مِنَ اللَّىِّ

And so الحَوَّ من اللَّوِّ.

Or: the حَوِيَّة [or winding gut, and the like] from the twisting of the rope; or overt speech from covert; or the living from the dead; or the act of turning round, or winding, from the act of twisting. [See حَوَاهُ in the article حوى, of which حَىٌّ is a maṣdar.]

7

The act of collecting. [But in this and some other senses it is a maṣdar of حَوَى: see Form 1 in the article حوى.]

8

For أَحْيَآءٌ as plural of حَآءٌ, see the article حوأ.

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Living, having life, alive, or quick; contr. of مَيِّتٌ [or مَيْتٌ ]; (S, Mgh, * Msb, * K;) and حَيَوَانٌ is syn. with حَىٌّ [as meaning having animal life]: (IB:) dim. of the former حُيَىٌّ : (Msb:) and pl. أحْيَآءٌ . (Msb, K.) When you say of a person, لَيْسَ بِحَىٍّ , you mean that he is dead: (Lh:) but ضُرِبَ ضَرْبَةً لَيْسَ بِحَاىٍ مِنْهَا , (Lh, K,) [in the CK ضَرَبَ , and] in [some of] the copies of the K, erroneously, بِحَآءٍ , (TA,) means [He was struck a blow] in consequence of which he will not live: (Lh, K: *) like as the saying لَا تَأْكُلْ كَذَا فَإِنَّكَ مَارِضٌ means Thou wilt be sick if thou eat such a thing. (Lh, K.) Accord. to ISh, one says, أَتَانَا حَىُّ فُلَانٍ , meaning Such a one came to us in his life [-time]: and سَمِعْتُ حَىَّ فُلَانٍ يَقُولُ كَذَا , meaning I heard such a one say thus in his life [-time]: (TA:) [or the former may mean Such a one himself came to us: and the latter, I heard such a one himself say thus: for] حى [i. e. حَىّ as a prefixed noun] is sometimes redundant, like آل and ذُو : (Ham p. 308:) [and] IB says that حَىُّ فُلَانٍ means Such a one himself. (TA.) And they say, كَيْفَ أَنْتَ وَحَيَّةُ أَهْلِكَ , i. e. How art thou, and those remaining alive of thy family? (TA.) Applied to God, Deathless. (Er-Rághib.) Possessing the faculty of growth, as an animal, and as a plant: (Er-Rághib:) and, applied to a plant, fresh, juicy, or succulent, and growing tall. (TA.) [Sensitively alive;] possessing the faculty of sensation. (Er-Rághib.) [Intellectually alive;] possessing the faculty of intellect. (Er-Rághib.) [Hence,] A Muslim; like as مَيِّتٌ means an unbeliever. (TA.) Lively, as meaning free from grief or sorrow. (Er-Rághib.) Whole, sound, or unbroken. (L and TA in art. صأب .) أَرَضٌ حَيَّةٌ Fruitful land; or land abounding with herbage; (K, TA;) like as ارض مَيْتَةٌ means unfruitful land. (TA.) الشَّمْسُ حَيَّةٌ The sun is, or was, of a clear colour, unaltered by approaching the place of setting; as though its setting were regarded as death: (TA:) or still bright and white: or still hot and powerful: but the former of these two meanings is the more probable. (Mgh.) نَارٌ حَيَّةٌ [A live, or burning, fire. (AHn.) طَرِيقٌ حَىٌّ An apparent, or a distinct, road or way: (K:) pl. أَحْيَآءٌ . (TA.) See also حَيَّةٌ , first sentence. [A tribe] of the Arabs: (S:) the children, or descendants, of one father or ancestor, whether many or few: and a شَعْب comprising قَبَائِل : (Az, TA:) or a قَبِيلَة of the Arabs: (Msb:) or a بَطْن of the بُطُون of the Arabs: (K, TA:) pl. أَحْيَآءٌ . (S, Msb, K.) The vulva, or external portion of the organs of generation, of a woman. (Az, K. See also حَيَآءٌ , of which حَىٌّ is also said to be a pl.) Hence, سَعَفُ الحَىِّ , applied by an Arab of the desert to The paraphernalia of a bride. (Az, TA.) لَاحَىَّ عَنْهُ means لَامَنْعَ مِنْهُ , (Ks, K, *) i. e. [There is no forbiddance of him; or] nothing is forbidden him. (Fr.) لَا يَعْرِفُ الحَىَّ مِنَ اللَّىِّ He knows not, or will not know, what is true from what is false; (IAar, K, Har p. 236;) and so الحَوَّ من اللَّوِّ : (TA:) or the حَوِيَّة [or winding gut, &c.,] from the twisting of the rope: (K:) or overt speech from covert: or the living from the dead: or the act of turning round, or winding, [see حَوَاهُ , (in art. حوى ,) of which حَىٌّ is an inf. n.,] from the act of twisting. (Har ubi suprà.) The act of collecting. (TA. [But in this and some other senses it is an inf. n. of حَوَى : see 1 in art. حوى .]) أَحْيَآءٌ as pl. of حَآءٌ : see art. حوأ .
Nounحِىٌّ2 senses

Core sense — living, alive; a tribe of the Arabsgenerated

1

See حَيَاةٌ, of which it is said to be a synonym, and of which it is also said to be a plural.

2

And see حَيَآءٌ, of which, also, it is said to be a plural.

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: see حَيَاةٌ , of which it is said to be a syn.: and of which it is also said to be a pl.: and see حَيَآءٌ , of which, also, it is said to be a pl.
Nounحَيَّةٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a serpent; the constellation Draco; a winding brand-mark on a camelgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred[He is none other than a serpent]—مَا هُوَ إِلَّا حَيَّةٌ

[A serpent;] a thing well known. [It is improperly explained in the Msb as the same as أَفْعًى.]

Applied to the male and the female, the ة being added to denote one of a kind, as in بَطَّةٌ and دَجَاجَةٌ [although حَىٌّ is not used as a collective generic noun]; and the saying رَأَيْتُ حَيًّا عَلَى حَيَّةٍ, meaning [I saw] a male upon a female, is related as having been heard from the Arabs.

But حَيُّوتٌ is also applied to the male, the ت being augmentative, for the word is originally حَيُّو [or حَيُّوٌّ].

It is said that it does not die except by an accident; and of a long-lived man they say this, and likewise of a woman.

As though it were called حيّة because of its long life. Some, including Sb, say that it is derived from حَيَاةٌ, since the relative noun is حَيَوِىٌّ, not حَوَوِىٌّ.

To one who objects that one says رَجُلٌ حَوَّآءٌ [meaning “a man who collects serpents”], it is answered that حَيَّةٌ and حَوَّآءٌ are of different roots, like لُؤْلُؤٌ and لَأّلٌ and the like.

But it may be from تَحَوَّى, because of its winding, or coiling, itself; and some say it is originally حَوْيَةٌ, some that it is originally حَيْوَةٌ. [The diminutive is حُيَيَّةٌ.] The plural is حَيَّاتٌ and حَيْوَاتٌ, or حَيَوَاتٌ — so in some copies of the K, agreeing with the dialect of Hudheyl.

[He is more sharp-sighted than a serpent]—هُوَ أَبْصَرُ مِنْ حَيَّةٍ
[more wrongful in conduct than a serpent]—أَظْلَمُ مِنْ حَيَّةٍ

A proverb; said because of the sharpness of its sight.

Said because it comes to the burrow of the lizard called ضَبّ, eats its young one, and takes up its home in the burrow.

[May God give him to drink the blood of the serpents]—سَقَاهُ ٱللّٰهُ دَمَ الحَيَّاتِ
[The serpent does not bring forth anything save a little serpent]—لَا تَلِدُ الحَيَّةُ إِلَّا حُيَيَّةً
such a one is cunning and mischievous, or malignant, and intelligent, in the utmost degree—فُلَانٌ حَيَّةُ الوَادِى

That is: may He destroy him.

A proverb applied to one who is cunning and mischievous, or malignant.

Also الأَرْضِ or البَلَدِ or الحَمَاطِ.

such a one is strong in resisting, a defender of his possessions—فلان حيّة الوادى

حَيَّةُ الوَادِى is also a name applied to the lion, because of his cunning, or craftiness.

they are cunning, guileful, malignant, and strong, not neglecting to take blood-revenge—هُمْ حَيَّةُ الأَرْضِ

So in a saying of Dhu-l-Isbaʿ El-ʿAdwánee cited under عَذِيرٌ.

such a one is courageous and strong—فُلَانٌ حَيَّةٌ ذَكَرٌ
he is clever, or ingenious; acute, or sharp; intelligent—رَأْسُهُ رَأْسُ حَيَّةٍ
I saw in his letter slanders, or calumnies, addressed to the ruling power—رَأَيْتُ فى كِتَابِهِ حَيَّاتِ وَعَقَارِبَ

The slanders are meant to bring the person they concern into a difficulty from which escape would be hard.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred[the constellation Draco]—الحَيَّةُ

Commonly called التِّنِّينُ: certain stars [partly] between the فَرْقَدَانِ [or β and γ of Ursa Minor] and بَنَاتُ نَعْشٍ [meaning the stars in the tail of Ursa Major]; so named by way of comparison.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferreda certain mark made with a hot iron on the neck, and on the thigh, of a camel—حَيَّةٌ

Ibn-Ḥabeeb: it twists, or winds, like the حَيَّة [properly so called].

2

See also حَىٌّ.

Qur’ānic occurrences حَيَّة
20:20
فَأَلْقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِىَ حَيَّةٌ تَسْعَىٰ

He threw it, and behold! It was a snake, active in motion.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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[A serpent;] a certain thing well known: (K, TA:) [improperly explained in the Msb as syn. with أَفْعًى :] applied to the male and the female; (S, Msb;) the ة being added to denote one of a kind, as in بَطَّةٌ and دَجَاجَةٌ ; [although حَىٌّ is not used as a coll. gen. n.; and] although the saying رَأَيْتُ حَيًّا عَلَى حَيَّةٍ , as meaning [I saw] a male [serpent] upon a female [serpent], is related as having been heard from the Arabs: (S:) but حَيُّوتٌ is also applied to the male; (Az, S, K;) the ت being augmentative; for the word is originally حَيُّو [or حَيُّوٌّ ]: (Az, TA:) it is said that it does not die unless by an accident: and they say of a long-lived man, مَا هُوَ إِلَّا حَيَّةٌ [He is none other than a serpent]; and in like manner they say of a woman; as though it were called حيّة because of its long life: [for] some, including Sb, say that it is derived from حَيَاةٌ , as the rel. n. is حَيَوِىٌّ , not حَوَوِىٌّ : and to him who objects that one says رَجُلٌ حَوَّآءٌ [meaning “ a man who collects serpents ”], it is replied that حَيَّةٌ and حَوَّآءٌ are of different roots, like لُؤْلُؤٌ and لَأّلٌ , &c.: but it may be from تَحَوَّى , because of its winding, or coiling, itself; and some say that it is originally حَوْيَةٌ ; some, that it is originally حَيْوَةٌ : (TA:) [the dim. is حُيَيَّةٌ :] the pl. is حَيَّاتٌ (K) and حَيْوَاتٌ , (K, TA,) or حَيَوَاتٌ . (So in some copies of the K [agreeably with the dial. of Hudheyl].) Hence the prov. هُوَ أَبْصَرُ مِنْ حَيَّةٍ [He is more sharp-sighted than a serpent]; because of the sharpness of its sight: and أَظْلَمُ مِنْ حَيَّةٍ [more wrongful in conduct than a serpent]; because it comes to the burrow of the [lizard called] ضَبّ , and eats its young one, and takes up its abode in its burrow. (TA.) And سَقَاهُ ٱللّٰهُ دَمَ الحَيَّاتِ [May God give him to drink the blood of the serpents]; i. e., destroy him. (TA.) And لَا تَلِدُ الحَيَّةُ إِلَّا حُيَيَّةً [The serpent does not bring forth anything save a little serpent]: a prov. applied to the cunning and mischievous, or malignant. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ حَيَّةُ الوَادِى , or الأَرْضِ , or البَلَدِ , or الحَمَاطِ , Such a one is cunning and mischievous, or malignant, (IAar, K,) and intelligent, in the utmost degree: (IAar:) [or] فلان حيّة الوادى means such a one is strong in resisting, a defender of his possessions. (TA.) And حَيَّةُ الوَادِى is also an appellation applied to The lion; (K, TA;) because of his cunning, or craftiness. (TA.) One says also, هُمْ حَيَّةُ الأَرْضِ , meaning They are cunning, guileful, malignant, or mischievous, and strong, not neglecting to take blood-revenge: so in a saying of Dhu-l-Isba' El-'Adwánee cited voce عَذِيرٌ . (TA.) And فُلَانٌ حَيَّةٌ ذَكَرٌ (S, TA) Such a one is courageous and strong. (TA.) And رَأْسُهُ رَأْسُ حَيَّةٍ He is clever, or ingenious; acute, or sharp; intelligent. (TA.) And رَأَيْتُ فى كِتَابِهِ حَيَّاتِ وَعَقَارِبَ I saw in his letter slanders, or calumnies, addressed to the ruling power, in order to cause the object thereof to fall into embarrassment from which escape would be difficult. (TA.) الحَيَّةُ is also a name of [The constellation Draco; commonly called التِّنِّينُ ;] certain stars [partly] between the فَرْقَدَانِ [or B and y of Ursa Minor] and بَنَاتُ نَعْشٍ [meaning the stars in the tail of Ursa Major]: (K:) so called by way of comparison. (TA.) And حَيَّةٌ also signifies A certain mark made with a hot iron upon the neck, and upon the thigh, of a camel, twisting, or winding, like the حَيَّة [properly so called]. (Ibn- Habeeb, TA.) See also حَىٌّ .
Nounحَيًا2 senses

Core sense — rain; abundance of herbage; fat, fatnessgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe rain that gives life to the earth—حَيَا الرَّبِيعِ

Rain, as also حَيَآءٌ; or much rain: because it is the means of giving life to the earth.

And plenty, or abundance of herbage, and the means of giving life to the earth and to men, since it is caused by the rain; and so حَيَآءٌ.

Or [simply] herbage, because it is produced by the rain; and fat, and fatness, because produced by the herbage.

Dual حَيَيَانِ; plural أَحْيَآءٌ.

[The rain called ربيع, or of the season so called.]

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See also the following entry.

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Rain; (S, Msb, K;) as also حَيَآءٌ : (K:) or much rain: (Har p. 185:) as being the means of giving life to the earth: (TA:) and plenty; or abundance of herbage, (S, K,) and the means of giving life to the earth and to men; as being caused by the rain; and so حَيَآءٌ : (TA:) or [simply] herbage; because produced by the rain: and fat, and fatness; because produced by the herbage: (Ham p. 662:) dual. حَيَيَانِ : (S:) and pl. أَحْيَآءٌ . (TA.) حَيَا الرَّبِيعِ means The rain [called ربيع , or of the season thus called,] that gives life to the earth. (TA.) See also the next paragraph.
Nounحَيَآءٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — shame, bashfulness, modesty; the vulva of a female animalgenerated

1

A maṣdar of حَيِىَ in the first of the senses explained in this article.

1.1

[Hence,] the same as حَيًا in two senses: see the entry before this, in two places.

1.2shame; a sense of shame; shyness, or bashfulness; and particularly, but not always, honest shame, pudency, or modesty—اِسْتِحْيَآءٌ

Also a maṣdar of حَيِىَ as synonymous with اِسْتَحْيَى.

Synonym حِشْمَةٌ.

Er-Rāghib, and Bd on 2:24: a shrinking of the soul from foul conduct, through fear of blame; a languor that affects the animal faculty and turns it back from its actions.

And repentance; synonym تَوْبَةٌ.

Lane cites “Bd in ii. 24” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
1.3the vulva, or outer portion of the female organs of generation, of a camel—فَرْج

And hence, as being a thing that should be hidden, and that one is ashamed to speak of plainly.

El-Fárábee: of a camel; or رَحِم [which here means the same].

Or of an animal having feet like those of the camel, and of a cloven-hoofed animal, and of a beast of prey.

AZ: the دُبُر [here meaning the same as فَرْج] of any of these and of other animals.

IAar: it is of the ewe or she-goat, the cow, and the gazelle.

And [sometimes] the فَرْج of a girl (El-Fárábee), or of a woman (Zj in his “Khalk el-Insán”: [see also حَىٌّ]).

حَيًا means the same; but according to Az this is allowable only in poetry, in a case of necessity.

Plural أَحْيَآءٌ and أَحْيِيَةٌ, and, by contraction, أَحِيَّةٌ, which is said to be preferable; and [ism jamʿ] حَىٌّ and حِىٌّ [which two Freytag mistook for synonyms of تَحِيَّةٌ, immediately following them in the K].

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an inf. n. of حَيِىَ in the first of the senses explained in this art. (K.) [Hence,] syn. with حَيًا , in two senses: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places. Also inf. n. of حَيِىَ as syn. with اِسْتَحْيَى ; (S, * Mgh, Msb, K;) i. q. اِسْتِحْيَآءٌ ; (S;) Shame; a sense of shame; shyness, or bashfulness; [and particularly, but not always, honest shame, or pudency, or modesty;] syn. حِشْمَةٌ ; (K;) a shrinking of the soul from foul conduct, (Bd in ii. 24, and Er-Rághib,) through fear of blame; (Bd ibid.;) a languor that affects the animal faculty, (Bd ibid, and Mgh, *) and turns it back from its actions: (Bd:) and repentance; syn. تَوْبَةٌ . (K.) And hence, as being a thing that should be concealed, and of which one is ashamed to speak plainly, (TA,) The vulva, or external portion of the female organs of generation, ( فَرْج , El-Fárábee, Msb, K, or رَحِم , [which here means the same,] S,) of a camel, (El-Fárábee, S, Msb, K,) or an animal having feet like those of the camel, and of a cloven-hoofed animal, and of a beast of prey: (K:) accord. to AZ, the دُبُر [here meaning the same as فَرْج ] of any of these and of other animals: (Msb:) accord. to IAar, it is of the ewe or she-goat, the cow, and the gazelle: (ISd, TA:) and [sometimes] the فَرْج of a girl, (El-Fárábee, Msb,:) or of a woman: (Zj in his “ Khalk el-Insán: ” [see also حَىٌّ :]) and حَيًا signifies the same; (K;) but accord. to Az, this is not allowable except in poetry, in a case of necessity: (TA:) pl. أَحْيَآءٌ (AZ, IJ, K) and أَحْيِيَةٌ (As, Sb, S, K) and, by contraction, أَحِيَّةٌ , (Sb, IB, TA,) which is said to be preferable, (TA,) and [quasi-pl. n.] حَىٌّ and حِىٌّ [which two have been mistaken by Freytag for syns. of تَحِيَّةٌ , immediately following them in the K]. (Sb, K.)
Nounحَيَاةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — life; everlasting life; advantage, or profitgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred[O, would that I had prepared, or laid up in store,] for my everlasting state of existence—يَا لَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

Or حَيٰوة, as in different copies of the K, and so in copies of the S; written with و in the Qur'ān, to show that و follows ى in the plural [حَيَوَاتٌ, like صَلَوَاتٌ], or because the sound of the ا inclines towards that of و.

And حَيَوْةٌ, with sukoon to the و, which is put in the place of the ا of حَيَاةٌ, as the people of El-Yemen do with every ا that is changed from و, as in صَلَاةٌ and زَكَاةٌ, though the final radical letter of the verb of حَيَاةٌ is ى.

A maṣdar of حَيِىَ in the first of the senses explained in this article: life, the opposite of مَوْتٌ; also حَيَوَانٌ and حِىٌّ, though this last is asserted to be a plural of حَيٰوةٌ; and also مَحْيًا, of which the plural is مَحَاىٍ.

Er-Rāghib: حَيَاةٌ means the faculty of growth, as in an animal and in a plant; and the faculty of sensation; and the faculty of intellect; and freedom from grief or sorrow; and everlasting life in the world to come, which one reaches by that حياة which is intelligence and knowledge; and the حياة that is an attribute of God.

[And the last abode is] the abode of everlasting life—فَإِنَّ الدَّارَ الآخِرَةَ لَهِىَ الحَيَوَانُ

Er-Rāghib; from the Qur'ān 89:25.

From the Qur'ān 29:64. Or الحيوان here means the life that will not be followed by death; or much life, as مَوَتَانٌ means much death; and it is also the name of a certain fountain in Paradise, [the water of] which touches nothing without its coming to life, by God's permission.

lawful means of subsistence in the present world; or Paradise—الحَيٰوةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ

I'Ab, explaining the Qur'ān 16:99.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthere is not, in such a one, profit, nor good—لَيْسَ لِفُلَانٍ حَيَاةٌ
[And there is to you, in retaliation, an advantage]—وَلَكُمْ فِى القِصَاصِ حَيٰوةٌ

So it is said to mean in the Qur'ān 2:175.

Or the meaning is that knowledge of the law of retaliation restrains from slaughter, and so is a cause of life to two persons; and because they used to slay one who was not the slayer, retaliation upon the slayer saves the lives of the rest. Or the meaning is life in the world to come, for when the slayer has suffered retaliation in the present world he is not punished for his act in the world to come.

on this sense Also advantage, or profit; or a cause, or means, of it.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthe remaining of the light and whiteness of the sun—حَيَاةُ الشَّمْسِ

Or the remaining of its heat and power; but the first of these two meanings is the more likely. [See الشَّمْسُ حَيَّةٌ under حَىٌّ.]

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, or حَيٰوة , (as in different copies of the K, in the latter manner in copies of the S,) written with و in the Kur, to show that و follows ى in the pl. [ حَيَوَاتٌ , like صَلَوَاتٌ ], or because the sound of the ا is inclined towards that of و , (ISd, TA,) and حَيَوْةٌ , with sukoon to the و , (K,) which is substituted for the ا of حَيَاةٌ , as is done by the people of El-Yemen in the case of every ا that is changed from و , as in صَلَاةٌ and زَكَاةٌ , though the final radical letter of the verb of حَيَاةٌ is ى , (TA,) an inf. n. of حَيِىَ in the first of the senses explained in this art.; (IB, Mgh, Msb;) Life; contr. of مَوْتٌ ; (S, K;) as also حَيَوَانٌ and حِىٌّ , (K,) or this last is asserted to be a pl. of حَيٰوةٌ , (S,) and as also مَحْيًا , (S, * Har pp. 25 and 350,) of which the pl. is مَحَاىٍ : (S:) حَيَاةٌ signifies the faculty of growth, as in an animal, and in a plant: and the faculty of sensation: and the faculty of intellect: and freedom from grief or sorrow: and everlasting life in the world to come; to which one attains by that حياة which is intelligence and knowledge: and the حياة that is an attribute of God. (Er-Rághib.) يَا لَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى , in the Kur [lxxxix. 25], means [O, would that I had prepared, or laid up in store,] for my everlasting state of existence. (Er-Rághib.) And فَإِنَّ الدَّارَ الآخِرَةَ لَهِىَ الحَيَوَانُ , in the Kur [xxix. 64], means [And verily the last abode is] the abode of everlasting life: (TA:) or الحيوان here means the life that will not be followed by death: or much life; like as مَوَتَانٌ signifies much death: (Msb:) and it is also the name of a certain fountain in Paradise, [the water of] which touches nothing but it lives, by permission of God. (TA.) الحَيٰوةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ , accord. to I'Ab, explaining xvi. 99 of the Kur, (TA,) means Lawful means of subsistence (K, TA) in the present world: (TA:) or Paradise. (K, TA.) Also Advantage, or profit; or a cause, or means, thereof: whence the saying, لَيْسَ لِفُلَانٍ حَيَاةٌ There is not, in such a one, profit, nor good: and so it is said to mean in the Kur [ii. 175], وَلَكُمْ فِى القِصَاصِ حَيٰوةٌ [And there is to you, in retaliation, an advantage]: (TA:) or this means that the knowledge of the law of retaliation restrains from slaughter, and so is a cause of life to two persons; and because they used to slay one who was not the slayer, retaliation upon the slayer is a cause of saving the lives of the rest: or the meaning is life in the world to come; for when the slayer has suffered retaliation in the present world, he is not punished for his act in the world to come. (Bd.) حَيَاةُ الشَّمْسِ means The remaining of the light and whiteness of the sun: or the remaining of its heat and power: but the former of these two meanings is the more probable. (Mgh. [See الشَّمْسُ حَيَّةٌ , voce حَىٌّ .])
Nounحَيٰوةٌ1 sense

Core sense — lifegenerated

1

This, and حَيَوْةٌ: see the entry before this.

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and حَيَوْةٌ : see the next preceding paragraph.
Nounحَيِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — modest, bashful, having a sense of shamegenerated

1God is one who acts with others in the manner of him who has حَيَآء—اَللّٰهُ حَيِىٌّ

Having حَيَآء [that is, shame, shyness, bashfulness, pudency, or modesty]; ism fāʿil of حَيِىَ as synonymous with استحيى, of the measure فَعِيلٌ; feminine حَيِيَّةٌ.

Er-Rāghib: or one who leaves evil deeds undone, and does good deeds.

A saying of I'Ab: حَيَآء in its proper sense is not to be ascribed to Him.

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Having حَيَآء [i. e. shame, shyness, bashfulness, pudency, or modesty]; (K;) part. n. of حَيِىَ as syn. with استحيى ; of the measure فَعِيلٌ : (Msb:) fem. حَيِيَّةٌ . (TA.) The saying of I'Ab, اَللّٰهُ حَيِىٌّ , means God is one who acts with others in the manner of him who has حَيَآء ; for حَيَآء in its proper sense is not ascribable to Him: (Mgh:) or one who leaves undone evil deeds, and does good deeds. (Er-Rághib.)
Nounحُيَىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — living, alivegenerated

1

See حَىٌّ, of which it is the diminutive.

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: see حَىٌّ , of which it is the dim.
Nounحُيَيَّةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a little serpentgenerated

1

See حَيَّةٌ, of which it is the diminutive, in two places.

2

And the diminutive of حَآءٌ: see the article حوأ.

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: see حَيَّةٌ , (of which it is the dim.,) in two places. And dim. of حَآءٌ , q. v. in art. حوأ . (Lth, TA in باب الالف الليّنة .)
Nounحَيَوِىٌّ2 senses

Core sense — of, or relating to, the serpentgenerated

1

[Of, or relating to, the serpent;] relative noun of حَيَّةٌ.

2

[And relative noun of حَا: see حَائِىٌّ in the article حوأ.]

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[Of, or relating to, the serpent;] rel. n. of حَيَّةٌ . (S.) [And rel. n. of حَا : see حَائِىٌّ in art. حوأ .]
Nounحَيَوَانٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — an animal, animals; anything having animal lifegenerated

1

A maṣdar of حَيِىَ, like حَيَاةٌ, but with an intensive meaning: see حَيَاةٌ, in two places.

1.1

See also حَىٌّ, first sentence.

1.2[the five animals]—الحَيَوَانَاتُ الخَمْسُ

Also anything, or things, having animal life, whether rational or irrational; [an animal, and animals;] used alike as singular and plural, because it is originally a maṣdar; the opposite of مَوَتَانٌ. [حَيَوَانَاتٌ is used as its plural of paucity.]

Applied to what may be killed by a person in the state of إِحْرَام and by one engaged in prayer: see the article فسق.

These are the rat, or mouse, and the biting dog, and either the serpent, the crow termed أَبْقَع, and the kite; or the serpent, the scorpion, and the kite; or the serpent, the scorpion, and the crow; or the scorpion, the crow, and the kite. (Es-Suyootee, in “El-Jámiʿ es-Sagheer,” under خَمْسٌ.)

It is originally حَيَيَانٌ, the ى, which is the final radical letter, being changed into و because the meeting of two ى together is disliked.

Aboo-'Othmán [El-Mázinee] holds the و to be a radical letter; but his opinion is said to be inadmissible, because it is asserted that there is no word in the language whose middle radical is ى and final و.

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an inf. n. of حَيِىَ , like حَيَاةٌ , (IB,) but having an intensive signification: (Msb:) see حَيَاةٌ , in two places. See also حَىٌّ , first sentence. Also Any thing, or things, possessing animal life, (Msb, K, *) whether rational or irrational; [an animal, and animals;] used alike as sing. and pl., because originally an inf. n.; (Msb;) contr. of مَوَتَانٌ [q. v.]. (S.) [ حَيَوَانَاتٌ is used as its pl. of pauc. And hence,] الحَيَوَانَاتُ الخَمْسُ [The five animals] is applied to what may be killed by a person in the state of إِحْرَام , and by one engaged in prayer: (Msb in art. فسق :) these are the rat, or mouse, and the biting dog, and either the serpent, the crow termed أَبْقَع , and the kite, or the serpent, the scorpion, and the kite, or the serpent, the scorpion, and the crow, or the scorpion, the crow, and the kite. (Es-Suyootee, in “ El-Jámi' es-Sagheer, ” voce خَمْسٌ .) It is originally حَيَيَانٌ ; (Sb, K, TA;) the ى which is the final radical letter being changed into و because the occurrence of two ى together is disliked: (Sb, TA:) Aboo-'Othmán [El-Má- zinee] holds the و to be a radical letter; but his opinion is said to be not admissible, because it is asserted that there is no instance in the language of a word of which the medial radical is ى , and the final و . (TA.)
Nounحَيَوَانِىٌّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — of, or relating to, an animal; a seller of birdsgenerated

1

[Of, or relating to, an animal or animals.]

1.1

It is also used particularly of a seller of birds.

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[Of, or relating to, an animal or animals]. It is [also] particularly applied to A seller of birds. (TA.)
Nounحَيَوَانِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — animal nature, animalitygenerated

1

[Animality; or animal nature.]

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[ Animality; or animal nature.]
Nounحَيُّوتٌ1 sense

Core sense — a male serpentgenerated

1

See حَيَّةٌ.

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: see حَيَّةٌ .
Nounحَاىٍ1 sense

Core sense — one who collects serpentsgenerated

1

Of the measure فَاعِلٌ, [said to be] originally حَايِوٌ; the same as حَاوٍ and حَوَّآءٌ, which belong to the article حوى.

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, of the measure فَاعِلٌ , [said to be] originally حَايِوٌ , is syn. with حَاوٍ and حَوَّآءٌ , belonging to art. حوى [q. v.]. (Az, TA.)
Nounأُحَىُّ1 sense

Core sense — living, alivegenerated

1

This, and أُحَىٌّ and أُحَىٍّ: see the article حو.

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and أُحَىٌّ and أُحَىٍّ : see art. حو .
Nounأُحَيْوٍ1 sense

Core sense — living, alivegenerated

1

See the article حو.

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: see art. حو .
Nounأَحْيَى2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — more long-lived; more shy, or bashfulgenerated

1[More long-lived than a ضبّ]—أَحْيَى مِنْ ضَبٍّ

A kind of lizard, supposed to live seven hundred years. In this saying the word is from الحَيَاةُ.

1.1[More shy, or bashful, than the bride]—أَحْيَى مِنْ هَدِىٍّ
[More shy, or bashful, than a girl kept behind the curtain]—أَحْيَى مِنْ مُخَدَّرَةٍ

In these sayings it is from الحَيَآءُ.

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in the saying أَحْيَى مِنْ ضَبٍّ [More longlived than a ضبّ , a kind of lizard, which is supposed to live seven hundred years,] is from الحَيَاةُ . (TA.) In the sayings أَحْيَى مِنْ هَدِىٍّ [More shy, or bashful, than the bride] and أَحْيَى مِنْ مُخَدَّرَةٍ [More shy, or bashful, than a girl kept behind the curtain] it is from الحَيَآءُ . (TA.)
Nounتِحْيَاةٌ1 sense

Core sense — one of certain stars over against the Sixth Mansion of the Moongenerated

1

See the next entry.

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: see the next paragraph.
Nounالتَّحَايِى1 sense

Core sense — certain stars near the Sixth Mansion of the Moongenerated

1

The two stars in the foot and before the foot of the foremost of Gemini; or three stars over against الهَنْعَة [which is the Sixth Mansion of the Moon].

Sometimes the moon leaves الهنعة and makes its abode in التحايى; they lie between the Milky Way and the stars that follow العَيُّوق [or Capella].

Aboo-Ziyád El-Kilábee used to say that this name means الهنعة, and that it is also pronounced التَّحَائِى, with ء; but AHn says that the moon makes its abode in these stars, and not in الهنعة itself.

Its singular is تِحْيَاةٌ; if so, of the measure تِفْعَلَةٌ, like تِحْلَبَةٌ, not فِعْلَاةٌ, like عِزْهَاةٌ, because there is no such root as تَحى; derived from الحَيَا, because its نَوْء [here meaning its setting at dawn, in midwinter] is attended with much rain.

But التحائى, with ء, is irregular, as though it were a plural of تَحِيَّةٌ likened to a word of the measure فَعِيلَةٌ.

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The two stars in the foot and before the foot of the foremost of Gemini: (Kzw:) or three stars over against الهَنْعَة [which is the Sixth Mansion of the Moon]; (IKt, K;) and sometimes the moon deviates from الهنعة , and makes its abode in التحايى : (IKt:) they are between the Milky Way and the stars that follow العَيُّوق [or Capella]: Aboo-Ziyád El-Kilábee used to say that this name means الهنعة , and is also pronounced التَّحَائِى , with ء : but AHn says that the moon makes its abode in these stars, and not in الهنعة itself: (TA:) its sing. is تِحْيَاةٌ ; (IKt, AHn, TA;) if so, of the measure تِفْعَلَةٌ , like تِحْلَبَةٌ , not فِعْلَاةٌ , like عِزْهَاةٌ , because there is no such root as تَحى ; derived from الحَيَا , because its نَوْء [here meaning its auroral setting, in midwinter,] is attended with much rain: but التحائى , with ء , is irreg.; as though pl. of تَحِيَّةٌ likened to a word of the measure فَعِيلَةٌ . (IB.)
Nounتَحِيَّةٌ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a salutation, a greeting; endless existence; dominion, kingshipgenerated

1

Maṣdar of Form 2.

1.1

Also a salutation, or greeting, said by one person to another when they meet; particularly the saying سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ and the like.

Its fullest form, used by the believer [to his fellow-believer], is the saying السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ; and so it is pluralized, the plural being تَحِيَّاتٌ and تَحَايَا.

1.2figurative · مجاز[such a one has attained the kingship]—فُلَانٌ نَالَ التَّحِيَّةَ

Also continuance, or endurance; or endless, or everlasting, existence.

Zuheyr Ibn-Jenáb El-Kelbee, who was a [kind of] king among his people, says: [And indeed everything that the young man has attained, I have attained it, except endless existence]

shāhid
قَدْ نِلْتُهُ إِلَّا التَّحِيَّهْوَلَكُلُّ مَا نَالَ الفَتَى

; and it is said to mean this here.

Or, as some say, it means here security from death and from evils. [But the meaning next following is more likely: for in the Mz, 49th نوع, where this verse is cited, but with مِنْ كُلِّ in the place of وَلَكُلُّ, he is said to have been not a king but “a nobleman.” See also, on him, page 10 of my Preface.]

And dominion, or kingship: because the people of the Time of Ignorance used to greet kings [or rather those of Ḥimyer] with the saying أَبَيْتَ الَّعْنَ, which they addressed to none other than a king.

endless existence belongs to God—التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلّٰهِ

Or dominion, or kingship (Lth, Yaakoob); or freedom, or security, from all evils (Khálid Ibn-Yezeed) and from all causes of the ending of existence; or endless existence, and security from evils, and dominion, and the like; or the expressions [of praise] that indicate and imply the ascription of dominion and endless existence; or salutations and blessings belong to God, and are at his disposal.

[التَّحِيَّاتُ is also a term applied to the following form of words repeated in the ordinary prayers: التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلّٰهِ وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَاأَيُّهَا النَّبِىُّ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ ٱللّٰهِ الصَّالِحِينَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَاهَ إِلَّا ٱللّٰهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ, or (instead of عبده ورسوله) رَسُولُ ٱللّٰهِ: see Form 5 in the article شهد.]

1.3

Giving this word the meaning of a gift, as it is used in the Qur'ān 4:88, is a mistake.

Qur’ān 4:85 approximate — somewhere between 4:65 and 4:87 Lane cites “Kur iv. 88”
2

See also التَّحَايِى.

Qur’ānic occurrences تَحِيَّة 5 shown of 6
4:86
وَإِذَا حُيِّيتُم بِتَحِيَّةٍ فَحَيُّوا۟ بِأَحْسَنَ مِنْهَآ أَوْ رُدُّوهَآ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَسِيبًا

When a (courteous) greeting is offered you, meet it with a greeting still more courteous, or (at least) of equal courtesy. Allah takes careful account of all things.

10:10
دَعْوَىٰهُمْ فِيهَا سُبْحَـٰنَكَ ٱللَّهُمَّ وَتَحِيَّتُهُمْ فِيهَا سَلَـٰمٌ ۚ وَءَاخِرُ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ أَنِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

(This will be) their cry therein: "Glory to Thee, O Allah!" And "Peace" will be their greeting therein! and the close of their cry will be: "Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!"

14:23
وَأُدْخِلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ ۖ تَحِيَّتُهُمْ فِيهَا سَلَـٰمٌ

But those who believe and work righteousness will be admitted to gardens beneath which rivers flow,- to dwell therein for aye with the leave of their Lord. Their greeting therein will be: "Peace!"

25:75
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يُجْزَوْنَ ٱلْغُرْفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيهَا تَحِيَّةً وَسَلَـٰمًا

Those are the ones who will be rewarded with the highest place in heaven, because of their patient constancy: therein shall they be met with salutations and peace,

33:44
تَحِيَّتُهُمْ يَوْمَ يَلْقَوْنَهُۥ سَلَـٰمٌ ۚ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا كَرِيمًا

Their salutation on the Day they meet Him will be "Peace!"; and He has prepared for them a generous Reward.

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inf. n. of 2. (Mgh, Msb, K.) Also A salutation, or greeting, (A'Obeyd, AHeyth, Mgh, Msb,) pronounced by one person to another on their meeting; (AHeyth;) particularly the saying سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ ; (Mgh, * Msb;) and the like; (Mgh;) the most comprehensive form thereof, used by the believer [to his fellow-believer], being the saying السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ : (AHeyth:) hence it is pluralized; the pl. being تَحِيَّاتٌ and تَحَايَا . (Mgh.) Also Continuance, or endurance; or endless, or everlasting, existence: (IAar, Msb, K, &c.:) and so it is said to mean in the following verse of Zuheyr Ibn-Jenáb ElKelbee; who was a [kind of] king among his people: 1 [And indeed everything that the young man has attained, I have attained it, except endless existence]: or, as some say, it here means security from death and from evils. (TA. [But more probably the meaning is that next following: for in the Mz, 49th نوع , where this verse is cited, but with مِنْ كُلِّ in the place of وَلَكُلُّ , he is said to have been (not a king, but,) “ a nobleman. ” See also, respecting him, p. x. of my Preface.]) And Dominion, or kingship: (Fr, AA, S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.:) because the people of the Time of Ignorance used to greet kings [or rather those of Himyer] by the saying أَبَيْتَ الَّعْنَ , which they addressed to none other than a king; so that when any one of them became a king, it was said of him, فُلَانٌ نَالَ التَّحِيَّةَ [meaning Such a one has attained the kingship]. (Mgh: in which, and in the S, the foregoing verse is cited as an ex. of this last meaning.) التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلّٰهِ means Endless existence belongs to God: (Lth, Msb, TA:) or dominion, or kingship: (Lth, Yaakoob, S, Msb, TA:) or freedom, or security, from all evils, (Khálid Ibn-Yezeed, AHeyth,) and from all causes of the cessation of existence: (AHeyth:) or endless existence, and security from evils, and dominion, and the like: (Fr:) or the expressions [of praise] that indicate and imply the ascription of dominion and endless existence: (Kt:) or salutations and benedictions are Gods, and at his disposal. (Mgh.) [ التَّحِيَّاتُ is also a term applied to the following form of words repeated in the ordinary prayers: التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلّٰهِ وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَاأَيُّهَا النَّبِىُّ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ ٱللّٰهِ الصَّالِحِينَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَاهَ إِلَّا ٱللّٰهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ , or (instead of عبده ورسوله ) رَسُولُ ٱللّٰهِ : see 5 in art. شهد .] قَدْ نِلْتُهُ إِلَّا التَّحِيَّهْ | وَلَكُلُّ مَا نَالَ الفَتَى The assigning to this word, as used in the Kur iv. 88, the meaning of A gift is a mistake. (Mgh.) See also التَّحَايِى .
Nounمَحْيًا2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a time, and a place, of lifegenerated

1

See حَيَاةٌ.

1.1

Also a time, and a place, of life.

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: see حَيَاةٌ . Also A time, and a place, of life. (TA.)
Nounمُحْىٍ1 sense

Core sense — a she-camel having living offspringgenerated

1

This, and مُحْيِيَةٌ, applied to a she-camel: having living offspring, whose offspring seldom, or never, die.

Qur’ānic occurrences مُحْى 1 shown of 2
30:50
فَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِ رَحْمَتِ ٱللَّهِ كَيْفَ يُحْىِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَآ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Then contemplate (O man!) the memorials of Allah's Mercy!- how He gives life to the earth after its death: verily the same will give life to the men who are dead: for He has power over all things.

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and مُحْيِيَةٌ , applied to a she-camel, Having living offspring; whose offspring seldom, or never, die. (S.)
Nounمُحَيًّا2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the face of a man; the place beneath a horse's forelockgenerated

1

The face of a man, because it is specified in salutation [see Form 2]; a term used only in praise; that is, the face altogether.

Or the حُرّ of the face [that is, the ball of the cheek; or what appears of the elevated part of it; or what fronts one, of the face, and the like].

1.1[the feather in] the place where the hair separates beneath the forelock, in the upper part of the forehead, in a horse—دَائِرَةُ المُحَيَّا

Of a horse: the place where the flesh is separated beneath the forelock.

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The face (S, K, Ham p. 23) of a man, because it is specified in salutation; [see 2;] (Ham ubi suprá;) a term used only in praise; (Ham p. 640;) i. e. the face altogether: or the حُرّ of the face [i. e. the ball of the cheek; or what appears of the elevated part thereof; or what fronts one, of the face, &c.]. (K.) Of a horse, it is The place where the flesh is separated ( حيث انفرق اللحم ) beneath the forelock. (Ham p. 23.) And دَائِرَةُ المُحَيَّا , in a horse, [The feather in] the place of separation [of the hair] beneath the forelock, in the upper part of the forehead. (TA.)
Nounمحَيِّىٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who salutes, or greetsgenerated

1

Ism fāʿil of Form 2; feminine مُحَيِّيَةٌ.

For in every noun in which three ى s come together, [the last of them being the final radical, and ending the word,] if it is not formed from a verb, the final radical letter is dropped, as in عُطَىٌّ, the diminutive of عَطَآءٌ, and in أُحَىُّ, the diminutive of أَحْوَى; but if it is formed from a verb, that letter stays, as in مُحَيِّىٌ from حَيَّى.

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act. part. n. of 2; fem. مُحَيِّيَةٌ : (S, TA:) for in every noun in which three ى s occur together, [the last of them being the final radical, and ending the word,] if it is not formed from a verb, the final radical letter is elided from it, as in عُطَىٌّ the dim. of عَطَآءٌ , and in أُحَىُّ the dim. of أَحْوَى : but if it is formed from a verb, that letter remains, as in مُحَيِّىٌ from حَيَّى . (S.)
Nounأَرْضٌ مَحْيَاةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a land containing serpentsgenerated

1the same: a land containing serpents—مَحْوَاةٌ

Ibn-Es-Sarráj; or a land abounding with serpents: see the article حوى.

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i. q. مَحْوَاةٌ , i. e. A land containing serpents: (Ibn-Es-Sarráj, S:) or abounding with serpents. (TA in art. حوى .)
Nounأَبُو يَحْيَى1 sense

Core sense — deathgenerated

1

Death.

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Death. (TA, Har p. 218.)