حياء
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ح ي و (ḥ y w) |
| 17 terms |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħa.jaːʔ/
Noun
حَيَاء • (ḥayāʔ) m
- verbal noun of حَيِيَ (ḥayiya) (form I)
- shame, bashfulness, blush
- bashful avoidance of a thing
- fear of blame
- rich produce
- rain
- (anatomy) pudendum, womb
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | حَيَاء ḥayāʔ |
الْحَيَاء al-ḥayāʔ |
حَيَاء ḥayāʔ |
| nominative | حَيَاءٌ ḥayāʔun |
الْحَيَاءُ al-ḥayāʔu |
حَيَاءُ ḥayāʔu |
| accusative | حَيَاءً ḥayāʔan |
الْحَيَاءَ al-ḥayāʔa |
حَيَاءَ ḥayāʔa |
| genitive | حَيَاءٍ ḥayāʔin |
الْحَيَاءِ al-ḥayāʔi |
حَيَاءِ ḥayāʔi |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: həya
- → Ottoman Turkish: حیا (ḥayā)
- > Turkish: hayâ (inherited)
- → Bengali: হায়া (haẏa)
- → Swahili: haya
- → Turkmen: haýa
- → Uyghur: ھايا (haya)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حياء”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen