חיה

From Proto-Semitic *ḥay(aw)- (“animal”). Cognate with Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān), Classical Syriac ܚܝܘܬܐ (ḥaywəṯā) and Ugaritic 𐎈𐎆𐎉 (ḥwt).

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħajˈjaː/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħajˈjɔː/ [ħaɟˈɟɔː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħajˈjɔ/ [ħajˈjɔː]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈja/ (West), /ħajˈja/ (East)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈjɔ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈja/

חַיָּה • (khayá)

1. feminine singular indefinite form of חַי (kháy)

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħajˈjaː/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħajˈjɔː/ [ħaɟˈɟɔː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħajˈjɔ/ [ħajˈjɔː]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈja/ (West), /ħajˈja/ (East)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈjɔ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈja/, /ˈχa.ja/

חַיָּה • (khayá) f (plural indefinite חַיּוֹת, singular construct חיית / חַיַּת־, plural construct חַיּוֹת־) [pattern: קַטְלָה]

1. animal (organism other than man)
2. animal (person who behaves wildly)

• בְּהֵמָה (b'hemá)

• חיית בר (khayát bar)
• חיית מחמד (khayát makhmád)

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħajˈjaː/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħajˈjɔː/ [ħaɟˈɟɔː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħajˈjɔ/ [ħajˈjɔː]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈja/ (West), /ħajˈja/ (East)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈjɔ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈja/, /ˈχa.ja/

חַיָּה • (kháya) f

1. a female given name, Chaya

חַיָּה • (khayá)

1. living, lives: feminine singular present participle and present tense of חַי (kháy).

From Hebrew חַיָּה (khayá).

• IPA^(key): /ˈχaɪ̯ə/

חיה • (khaye) f, plural חיות (khayes)

1. animal

   Synonym: בעל־חי (balkhay)

• חייִש (khayish)

• בהמה (beheyme)

• Steven A. Jacobson (1998) A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, 5th edition, Fairbanks, AK: National Yiddish Book Center, →ISBN, page 68