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الحياة قصيرة.
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Words from the same root
ح ي يArabic words grow from roots. These words share the root of حياة, so their meanings are related: learn them together.
- حيا to greet salute (past)
- تحية greeting salute
- يحبي greets salutes (present)
- استحى to be embarrassed have shame
- يستحي is embarrassed
- الحياة life