حَيّ
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Highlights
Present tense
يَحْوِي
Verbal nouns
حَيّ، حَوَايَة
Active participle
حَاوٍ
Passive participle
مَحْوِيّ
Most common words from the same root
Noun
مُحْتَوًى
content
Noun
اِحْتِوَاء
containment
Noun
حَيَّة
snake
Noun
مُحْتَوَيَات
contents
Verb · Form V
تَحَوَّى
to contract
حَوَى in English
Verb · Form I
- to gather, assemble, accumulate, gain
- to preserve, guard
- to contain transitive
- to occupy
Words from the root ح-و-ي
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حَوَى
· present يَحْوِي
Form I · The plain action
to gather, assemble, accumulate, gain; to preserve, guard; to contain
حَوَايَة
حَاوٍ
مَحْوِيّ
تَحَوَّى
· present يَتَحَوَّى
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to contract, to shrink; to coil (of a snake)
تَحَوٍّ
مُتَحَوٍّ
مُتَحَوًّى
اِحْتَوَى
· present يَحْتَوِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to contain; to manage, to control
اِحْتِوَاء
containment
مُحْتَوٍ
مُحْتَوًى
content
مُحْتَوَيَات
contents
حَيَّة
snake
حَوًى
حَوَى conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | حَوَيْتُ | أَحْوِي | أَحْوِيَ | أَحْوِ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | حَوَيْتَ | تَحْوِي | تَحْوِيَ | تَحْوِ | اِحْوِ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | حَوَيْتِ | تَحْوِينَ | تَحْوِي | تَحْوِي | اِحْوِي |
| هُوَ he | حَوَى | يَحْوِي | يَحْوِيَ | يَحْوِ | — |
| هِيَ she | حَوَتْ | تَحْوِي | تَحْوِيَ | تَحْوِ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | حَوَيْتُمَا | تَحْوِيَانِ | تَحْوِيَا | تَحْوِيَا | اِحْوِيَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | حَوَيَا | يَحْوِيَانِ | يَحْوِيَا | يَحْوِيَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | حَوَتَا | تَحْوِيَانِ | تَحْوِيَا | تَحْوِيَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | حَوَيْنَا | نَحْوِي | نَحْوِيَ | نَحْوِ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | حَوَيْتُمْ | تَحْوُونَ | تَحْوُوا | تَحْوُوا | اِحْوُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | حَوَيْتُنَّ | تَحْوِينَ | تَحْوِينَ | تَحْوِينَ | اِحْوِينَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | حَوَوْا | يَحْوُونَ | يَحْوُوا | يَحْوُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | حَوَيْنَ | يَحْوِينَ | يَحْوِينَ | يَحْوِينَ | — |
| Verbal noun | حَيّ، حَوَايَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | حَاوٍ |
| Passive participle | مَحْوِيّ |
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