Example
حيا الجنود القائد.
The soldiers saluted the leader.
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Words from the same root
ح ي يArabic words grow from roots. These words share the root of حيا, so their meanings are related: learn them together.
- تحية greeting salute
- حياة Life
- يحبي greets salutes (present)
- استحى to be embarrassed have shame
- يستحي is embarrassed
- الحياة life
More words from مفردات الدرس 5: وصف الشخص
- خطوة step pace
- خطوط lines
- خطى steps paces
- دماثة الأخلاق good manners mildness
- دمث الأخلاق well-mannered
- ذوات selves beings
- رزق to provide bestow (past)
- رزق providence livelihood