أَحْيَى
Root: حى
Full Definition
أَحْيَى
in the saying أَحْيَى مِنْ ضَبٍّ [More longlived than a
ضبّ, a kind of lizard, which is supposed to live seven hundred years,] is from الحَيَاةُ.
2 In the sayings أَحْيَى مِنْ هَدِىٍّ [More shy, or bashful, than the bride] and أَحْيَى مِنْ مُخَدَّرَةٍ [More shy, or bashful, than a girl kept behind the curtain] it is from الحَيَآءُ.
2 In the sayings أَحْيَى مِنْ هَدِىٍّ [More shy, or bashful, than the bride] and أَحْيَى مِنْ مُخَدَّرَةٍ [More shy, or bashful, than a girl kept behind the curtain] it is from الحَيَآءُ.
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