# أحيا
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1

Cognate with Hebrew הֶחְיָה (hekhyá).

#### Verb

أَحْيَا • (ʔaḥyā) IV (non-past يُحْيِي (yuḥyī), verbal noun إِحْيَاء (ʔiḥyāʔ))
* (transitive) to give life to, to vivify, to quicken, to vitalize; to bring to life, to animate
    Antonym: أَمَاتَ (ʔamāta, “to end the life of; to disanimate; to kill; to deaden”)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:28:كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَاتًا فَأَحْيَاكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَHow do you disbelieve in Allah when He animated you when were inanimate and [when it is He who] shall disanimate you then reanimate you and to Him, you shall be returned?
** (figurative, of land) to fertilize
    أَحْيَا الْفَلَّاحُ الْأَرْضَʔaḥyā al-fallāḥu l-ʔarḍaThe farmer cultivated the land.
*** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 30:24:وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ يُرِيكُمُ الْبَرْقَ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَيُحْيِي بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَwamin ʔāyātihi yurīkumu l-barqa ḵawfan waṭamaʕan wayunazzilu mina s-samāʔi māʔan fayuḥyī bihi l-ʔarḍa baʕda mawtihā ʔinna fī ḏālika laʔāyātin liqawmin yaʕqilūnaIt is of His signs that He shows you thunder for you to fear and to seek. And He brings down from the sky water to vivify the earth after its lifelessness. Verily, these are signs for thinking men.
** (figurative) to liven, to enliven
    أَحْيَا المُطْرِبُ حَفْلًا ― ʔaḥyā al-muṭribu ḥaflan ― The singer enlived a party.
* (transitive) to keep alive
** to let live; to preserve, to keep
*** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:97:مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةًman ʕamila ṣāliḥan min ḏakarin ʔaw ʔunṯā wahuwa muʔminun falanuḥyiyannahu ḥayātan ṭayyibatanWhoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while being a believer, We shall preserve him [to live] a good life.
** to save
*** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:32:وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًاwa-man ʔaḥyāhā fa-kaʔannamā ʔaḥyā an-nāsa jamīʕanAnd whoever saves one – it is as if he had saved mankind entirely.
* (transitive) to restore to life
** to raise from the dead, to reanimate, resuscitate, to revive, to resurrect
*** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:73:كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْيِي اللَّهُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَيُرِيكُمْ آيَاتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَkaḏālika yuḥyī l-lahu l-mawtā wayurīkum ʔāyātihi laʕallakum taʕqilūnaThus, Allah raises the dead and shows you His signs that you may discern.
** (of an idea or a practice) to revive; to restore, to reinstitute
    إِحْيَاءُ عُلُومِ الدِّينِ ― ʔiḥyāʔu ʕulūmi d-dīni ― The Revival of the Religious Sciences
* (transitive) to dedicate (nighttime) to prayer and worship

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أحيا”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 1.2

Elative of حَيّ (ḥayy, “alive; lively, energetic”).

#### Adjective

أَحْيَا • (ʔaḥyā)
* elative degree of حَيّ (ḥayy):
** more alive; most alive
** livelier, more energetic; liveliest, most energetic
** more vital; most vital

##### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “حي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 1.3
#### Verb

أحيا (form I)
* أَحْيَا (ʔaḥyā) /ʔaħ.jaː/: first-person singular non-past active indicative/subjunctive of حَيَّ (ḥayya)
* أُحْيَا (ʔuḥyā) /ʔuħ.jaː/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative/subjunctive of حَيَّ (ḥayya)

### Etymology 1.4
#### Verb

أُحَيَّا • (ʔuḥayyā) (form II) /ʔu.ħaj.jaː/
* first-person singular non-past passive indicative/subjunctive of حَيَّا (ḥayyā)