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Also written هوى: هَوَى (to die)
Highlights
Present tense
يَهْوِي
Verbal nouns
هُوِيّ، هَوَيَان
Active participle
هَاوٍ
Most common words from the same root
هَوَى in English
Verb · Form I
- to breeze, to waft
- to come down, to descend, to sink
وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىBy the star when it descendeth!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:1
Word origin
See ه و ي (h w y).
Words from the root ه-و-ي
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
هَوَى
· present يَهْوِي
Form I · The plain action
to breeze, to waft; to come down, to descend, to sink
هُوِيّ
هَوَيَان
هَاوٍ
هَوِيَ
· present يَهْوَى
Form I · The plain action
to love, to be fond of
هَوًى
desire
هَوٍ
مَهْوِيّ
هِوَايَة
hobby
هَوَّى
· present يُهَوِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive
to fan, to ventilate
تَهْوِيَة
ventilation
مُهَوٍّ
مُهَوًّى
هَوَّايَة
ventilator
هَاوَى
· present يُهَاوِي
Form III · Done to or with someone
to walk briskly; to love properly, caress, compliment
هِوَاء
مُهَاوَاة
مُهَاوٍ
مُهَاوًى
أَهْوَى
· present يُهْوِي
Form IV · Causative
to make fall, to take down, to blow into; to fall, to tumble towards something, to stretch out to, to extend towards
إِهْوَاء
مُهْوٍ
مُهْوًى
تَهَاوَى
· present يَتَهَاوَى
Form VI · Mutual action
to fall altogether or one on top of the other
تَهَاوٍ
مُتَهَاوٍ
اِنْهَوَى
· present يَنْهَوِي
Form VII · Passive or resultative
to fall down, to collapse; to fall off, to fall headlong
اِنْهِوَاء
مُنْهَوٍ
اِسْتَهْوَى
· present يَسْتَهْوِي
Form X · Seeking or considering
to seduce; to entice, to attract, to lure; to captivate, to enchant
اِسْتِهْوَاء
مُسْتَهْوٍ
مُسْتَهْوًى
هَوَّاء
enthusiast
a desired thing
هَاوِيَة
abyss
هُوَّة
hole
هَوْتَة
depression
مَهْوًى
precipice
مَهْوَاة
precipice
مِهْوَاة
ventilator
هَوَى conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | هَوَيْتُ | أَهْوِي | أَهْوِيَ | أَهْوِ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | هَوَيْتَ | تَهْوِي | تَهْوِيَ | تَهْوِ | اِهْوِ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | هَوَيْتِ | تَهْوِينَ | تَهْوِي | تَهْوِي | اِهْوِي |
| هُوَ he | هَوَى | يَهْوِي | يَهْوِيَ | يَهْوِ | — |
| هِيَ she | هَوَتْ | تَهْوِي | تَهْوِيَ | تَهْوِ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | هَوَيْتُمَا | تَهْوِيَانِ | تَهْوِيَا | تَهْوِيَا | اِهْوِيَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | هَوَيَا | يَهْوِيَانِ | يَهْوِيَا | يَهْوِيَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | هَوَتَا | تَهْوِيَانِ | تَهْوِيَا | تَهْوِيَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | هَوَيْنَا | نَهْوِي | نَهْوِيَ | نَهْوِ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | هَوَيْتُمْ | تَهْوُونَ | تَهْوُوا | تَهْوُوا | اِهْوُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | هَوَيْتُنَّ | تَهْوِينَ | تَهْوِينَ | تَهْوِينَ | اِهْوِينَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | هَوَوْا | يَهْوُونَ | يَهْوُوا | يَهْوُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | هَوَيْنَ | يَهْوِينَ | يَهْوِينَ | يَهْوِينَ | — |
| Verbal noun | هُوِيّ، هَوَيَان |
|---|---|
| Active participle | هَاوٍ |
هَوَى in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to come down
وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىBy the star when it descendeth!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:1
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