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حَىٌّ

Root: حى

Full Definition

حَىٌّ Living, having life, alive, or quick; contr. of مَيِّتٌ [or مَيْتٌ]; and حَيَوَانٌ is syn. with حَىٌّ [as meaning having animal life]: dim. of the former حُيَىٌّ : and pl. أحْيَآءٌ. When you say of a person, لَيْسَ بِحَىٍّ, you mean that he is dead: but ضُرِبَ ضَرْبَةً لَيْسَ مِنْهَا, [in the CK ضَرَبَ, and] in [some of] the copies of the K, erroneously, بِحَآءٍ, means [He was struck a blow] in consequence of which he will not live: like as the saying لَا تَأْكُلْ كَذَا فَإِنَّكَ مَارِضٌ means Thou wilt be sick if thou eat such a thing. Accord. to ISh, one says, أَتَانَا حَىُّ فُلَانٍ, meaning Such a one came to us in his life [-time]: and سَمِعْتُ حَىَّ فُلَانٍ يَقُولُ كَذَا, meaning I heard such a one say thus in his life [-time]: [or the former may mean Such a one himself came to us: and the latter, I heard such a one himself say thus: for] حى [i. e. حَىّ as a prefixed noun] is sometimes redundant, like آل and ذُو: [and] IB says that حَىُّ فُلَانٍ means Such a one himself. And they say, كَيْفَ أَنْتَ أَهْلِكَ, i. e. How art thou, and those remaining alive of thy family?
2 Applied to God, Deathless.
3 Possessing the faculty of growth, as an animal, and as a plant: and, applied to a plant, fresh, juicy, or succulent, and growing tall.
4 [Sensitively alive;] possessing the faculty of sensation.
5 [Intellectually alive;] possessing the faculty of intellect. [Hence,] A Muslim; like as مَيِّتٌ means an unbeliever.
6 Lively, as meaning free from grief or sorrow.
7 Whole, sound, or unbroken. (L and TA in art. صأب.)
8 أَرَضٌ حَيَّةٌ Fruitful land; or land abounding with herbage; like as ارض مَيْتَةٌ means unfruitful land.
9 الشَّمْسُ حَيَّةٌ The sun is, or was, of a clear colour, unaltered by approaching the place of setting; as though its setting were regarded as death: or still bright and white: or still hot and powerful: but the former of these two meanings is the more probable.
10 نَارٌ حَيَّةٌ [A live, or burning, fire.
11 طَرِيقٌ حَىٌّ An apparent, or a distinct, road or way: pl. أَحْيَآءٌ.

def.2 See also حَيَّةٌ, first sentence.

def.3 [A tribe] of the Arabs: the children, or descendants, of one father or ancestor, whether many or few: and a شَعْب comprising قَبَائِل: or a قَبِيلَة of the Arabs: or a بَطْن of the بُطُون of the Arabs: pl. أَحْيَآءٌ.

def.4 The vulva, or external portion of the organs of generation, of a woman. (Az, K. See also حَيَآءٌ, of which حَىٌّ is also said to be a pl.) Hence, سَعَفُ الحَىِّ, applied by an Arab of the desert to The paraphernalia of a bride.

def.5 لَاحَىَّ عَنْهُ means لَامَنْعَ مِنْهُ, i. e. [There is no forbiddance of him; or] nothing is forbidden him.

def.6 لَا يَعْرِفُ الحَىَّ مِنَ اللَّىِّ He knows not, or will not know, what is true from what is false; and so الحَوَّ من اللَّوِّ: or the حَوِيَّة [or winding gut, &c.,] from the twisting of the rope: or overt speech from covert: or the living from the dead: or the act of turning round, or winding, [see حَوَاهُ, (in art. حوى,) of which حَىٌّ is an Verbal.Noun,] from the act of twisting.

def.7 The act of collecting. (TA. [But in this and some other senses it is an Verbal.Noun of حَوَى: see 1 in art. حوى.])

def.8 أَحْيَآءٌ as pl. of حَآءٌ: see art. حوأ.


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