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حَيّ

ḥayyan

alive

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Root letters: ح ي يAppears 24 times in the Qur'an#437 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 44

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ح ي ي

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)حَيًّۭا19 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)أَحْيَآءٌۭ5 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلْحَىَّthe livingl-ḥaya · 4 times
  • حَيًّۭاaliveḥayyan · 4 times
  • ٱلْحَىُّthe Ever-Livingl-ḥayu · 3 times
  • ٱلْحَىِّthe livingl-ḥayi · 3 times
  • أَحْيَآءٌۭ(they are) aliveaḥyāon · 1 times
  • ٱلْحَىِّ ۖthe livingl-ḥayi · 1 times

Opposite words

Words from the same root

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Examples from the Qur'an

Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining.

Surah 3:2 — Read full ayah

They are [in fact] dead, not alive, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.

Surah 16:21 — Read full ayah

And man [i.e., the disbeliever] says, "When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?"

Surah 19:66 — Read full ayah