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ح-و-ي

The Arabic root ح-و-ي (h-w-y)

Form I verb حَوَى: to gather

10 words in the dictionary are built from ح-و-ي, including verbs in Forms I, V, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Verb · Form VIII
to contain
Verb · Form I
to gather
Noun
مُحْتَوًى
content
Noun
اِحْتِوَاء
containment
Noun
حَيَّة
snake
Noun
مُحْتَوَيَات
contents
Verb · Form V
تَحَوَّى
to contract
Noun
حَيّ

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

حَوَى · present يَحْوِي
Form I · The plain action

to gather, assemble, accumulate, gain; to preserve, guard; to contain

حَيّ
Verbal noun
حَوَايَة
Verbal noun
حَاوٍ
Active participle
مَحْوِيّ
Passive participle
تَحَوَّى · present يَتَحَوَّى
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to contract, to shrink; to coil (of a snake)

تَحَوٍّ
Verbal noun
مُتَحَوٍّ
Active participle
مُتَحَوًّى
Passive participle
اِحْتَوَى · present يَحْتَوِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to contain; to manage, to control

اِحْتِوَاء
Verbal noun
containment
مُحْتَوٍ
Active participle
مُحْتَوًى
Passive participle
content
مُحْتَوَيَات
Derived noun
contents

Other nouns and adjectives

حَيَّة
Noun
snake
حَوًى
Noun

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