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حَياة

ḥayatan

life

জীবন

Root letters: ح ي يAppears 76 times in the Qur'an#144 most frequentNoun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)
Learn it in lesson 15

About this word

Noun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)Root letters: ح ي ي

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)حَيَوٰةًۭ76 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلْحَيَوٰةِthe lifel-ḥayati · 37 times
  • ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ(is) the lifel-ḥayatu · 15 times
  • ٱلْحَيَوٰةَthe lifel-ḥayata · 11 times
  • حَيَاتُنَاour lifeḥayātunā · 3 times
  • بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِwith the lifebil-ḥayati · 3 times
  • حَيَوٰةًۭa lifeḥayatan · 2 times

Opposite words

Words from the same root

More words from the root ح ي ي — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And preferred the life of the world,

Surah 79:38 — Read full ayah

But you prefer the worldly life,

Surah 87:16 — Read full ayah

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

Surah 89:24 — Read full ayah