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تحيّا

Root: حى

Form: 5

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تحيّاV He shrank from it: taken from الحَيَآءُ [or الحَيَاةُ]; because it is of the nature of the living to shrink: or it is originally تَحَوَّى; the و being changed into ى; or [in other words] from الحَىُّ “ the act of collecting, ” [Verbal.Noun of حَوَاهُ,] like تَحَيَّزَ from الحَوْزُ. [See also 10.]
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