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Highlights
Present tense
يَحْتَوِي
Verbal noun
اِحْتِوَاء
Active participle
مُحْتَوٍ
Passive participle
مُحْتَوًى
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
اِحْتَوَى in English
Verb · Form VIII
- to contain transitive
يَحْتَوِي الْكُتَيِّبُ عَلَى مَعْلُومَاتٍ قَدْ تَنْفَعُنَا فِي الْمُسْتَقْبَلِ.The booklet contains information that might be useful in the future.
- to manage, to control
Words from the root ح-و-ي
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
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
اِحْتَوَى conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | اِحْتَوَيْتُ | أَحْتَوِي | أَحْتَوِيَ | أَحْتَوِ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | اِحْتَوَيْتَ | تَحْتَوِي | تَحْتَوِيَ | تَحْتَوِ | اِحْتَوِ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | اِحْتَوَيْتِ | تَحْتَوِينَ | تَحْتَوِي | تَحْتَوِي | اِحْتَوِي |
| هُوَ he | اِحْتَوَى | يَحْتَوِي | يَحْتَوِيَ | يَحْتَوِ | — |
| هِيَ she | اِحْتَوَتْ | تَحْتَوِي | تَحْتَوِيَ | تَحْتَوِ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | اِحْتَوَيْتُمَا | تَحْتَوِيَانِ | تَحْتَوِيَا | تَحْتَوِيَا | اِحْتَوِيَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | اِحْتَوَيَا | يَحْتَوِيَانِ | يَحْتَوِيَا | يَحْتَوِيَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | اِحْتَوَتَا | تَحْتَوِيَانِ | تَحْتَوِيَا | تَحْتَوِيَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | اِحْتَوَيْنَا | نَحْتَوِي | نَحْتَوِيَ | نَحْتَوِ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | اِحْتَوَيْتُمْ | تَحْتَوُونَ | تَحْتَوُوا | تَحْتَوُوا | اِحْتَوُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | اِحْتَوَيْتُنَّ | تَحْتَوِينَ | تَحْتَوِينَ | تَحْتَوِينَ | اِحْتَوِينَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | اِحْتَوَوْا | يَحْتَوُونَ | يَحْتَوُوا | يَحْتَوُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | اِحْتَوَيْنَ | يَحْتَوِينَ | يَحْتَوِينَ | يَحْتَوِينَ | — |
| Verbal noun | اِحْتِوَاء |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُحْتَوٍ |
| Passive participle | مُحْتَوًى |
اِحْتَوَى in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to contain
يَحْتَوِي الْكُتَيِّبُ عَلَى مَعْلُومَاتٍ قَدْ تَنْفَعُنَا فِي الْمُسْتَقْبَلِ.The booklet contains information that might be useful in the future.
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