هاوية

Arabic

Root
ه و ي (h w y)
16 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haː.wi.ja/
- (Morocco) IPA^(key): /haːw.ja/

Noun

هَاوِيَة • (hāwiya) f (plural هَاوِيَات (hāwiyāt))

female equivalent of هَاوٍ (hāwin, “amateur, hobbyist”)
abyss, bottomless pit
(Islam) one of the names of Hell in Islam
Synonyms: سَعِير (saʕīr), لَظَىٰ (laẓā), النَّار (an-nār), جَهَنَّم (jahannam), جَحِيم (jaḥīm), حُطَمَة (ḥuṭama), سَقَر (saqar)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 101:8-11:
  وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
  فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
  وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
  نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
  wa-ʔammā man ḵaffat mawāzīnuhu
  faʔummuhu hāwiyatun
  wa-mā ʔadrāka mā hiyah
  nārun ḥāmiyatun
  But as for one whose scales are light, his refuge will be an abyss. And what can make you know what that is? It is a Fire, intensely hot.

Declension

Declension of noun **هَاوِيَة** (hāwiya)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَاوِيَة hāwiya	الْهَاوِيَة al-hāwiya	هَاوِيَة hāwiyat
nominative	هَاوِيَةٌ hāwiyatun	الْهَاوِيَةُ al-hāwiyatu	هَاوِيَةُ hāwiyatu
accusative	هَاوِيَةً hāwiyatan	الْهَاوِيَةَ al-hāwiyata	هَاوِيَةَ hāwiyata
genitive	هَاوِيَةٍ hāwiyatin	الْهَاوِيَةِ al-hāwiyati	هَاوِيَةِ hāwiyati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَاوِيَتَيْن hāwiyatayn	الْهَاوِيَتَيْن al-hāwiyatayn	هَاوِيَتَيْ hāwiyatay
nominative	هَاوِيَتَانِ hāwiyatāni	الْهَاوِيَتَانِ al-hāwiyatāni	هَاوِيَتَا hāwiyatā
accusative	هَاوِيَتَيْنِ hāwiyatayni	الْهَاوِيَتَيْنِ al-hāwiyatayni	هَاوِيَتَيْ hāwiyatay
genitive	هَاوِيَتَيْنِ hāwiyatayni	الْهَاوِيَتَيْنِ al-hāwiyatayni	هَاوِيَتَيْ hāwiyatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَاوِيَات hāwiyāt	الْهَاوِيَات al-hāwiyāt	هَاوِيَات hāwiyāt
nominative	هَاوِيَاتٌ hāwiyātun	الْهَاوِيَاتُ al-hāwiyātu	هَاوِيَاتُ hāwiyātu
accusative	هَاوِيَاتٍ hāwiyātin	الْهَاوِيَاتِ al-hāwiyāti	هَاوِيَاتِ hāwiyāti
genitive	هَاوِيَاتٍ hāwiyātin	الْهَاوِيَاتِ al-hāwiyāti	هَاوِيَاتِ hāwiyāti

Descendants

→ Bengali: হাবিয়া (habiẏa)
→ Ottoman Turkish: حاویه (“soldering iron”), خویا (huya)
- Turkish: havya
- → Albanian: havi