# ܚܝܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

From Aramaic חֲיֶא (ḥăyyē); related to Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh), Hebrew חַיִּים (khayím).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [xaj.jeː]
* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [xɑːjeː]

#### Noun

ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ • (ḥayyē) m pl (plural only)
* life (process of life, all biological life)
    ܗܸܫ ܠܹܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܡܘܼܫ݇ܟ̰ܚܹ̈ܐ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܥܲܠ ܢܸܪܓܲܠ.hiš lē ìwaḥ mūčḥē ḥayyē ˁal nirgal.We still have not discovered life on Mars.
* life (period during which one is alive)
    ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܝܲܩܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ، ܡܵܘܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܲܪܝܼܪܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ.ḥayyē yaqīrē ìnā, māwṯā marīrā ìlēh.Life is precious, death is bitter.
** John 15:13:
    ܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܪܲܒܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܗܵܢܵܐ ܠܲܝܬ، ܕܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܕܝܵܗ݇ܒ݂ܹܠ ܚܲܝܘܼ̈ܗܝ ܚܠܵܦ ܪ̈ܵܚܡܘܼܗܝ.ḥubbā yatīr rabbā min hānā layt, d-nāšā d-yāḇēl ḥayūh ḥlāp rāḥmūh.There is no greater love than this, for one to lay down his life for his beloved.
** John 14:16:
    ܦܘܼܢܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܐܸܠܹܗ ܝܼܫܘܿܥ: «ܐܵܢܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܘܫܪܵܪܵܐ ܘܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ. ܐܘܼܦ ܚܲܕ݇ ܠܹܐ ܐܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܠܟܸܣ ܒܵܒܵܐ ܐܸܠܵܐ ܒܝܼܝܼ.pūnē lēh illēh īšōˁ: “ānā ìwen urḥā w-šrārā w-ḥayyē. ūp ḥa lē āṯē l-kis bābā illā bīyī.Jesus replied to him: “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
* (with first-person possessive suffix pronouns) deeply platonic or romantic term of endearment
    ܗܵܐ ܚܲܝ̈ܝܼ, ܡܵܐ ܡܸܢܘܿܟ݂؟ ― hā ḥayī, mā minōḵ? ― Hello love, how’s it going?

##### Antonyms

* ܡܵܘܬ݂ܵܐ (māwṯā)

##### Derived terms

* ܒܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (bḥayyē, literally “in life”)
* ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܕܲܠܥܵܠܲܡ (ḥayyē dalˁālam, “eternal life”)
* ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܦܲܪ̈ܨܘܿܦܵܝܹܐ (ḥayyē parṣōpāyē, “private life, personal life”)
* ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ ܪ̈ܘܼܚܵܢܵܝܹܐ (ḥayyē rūḥānāyē, “spiritual life”)
* ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (kṯāḇā d-ḥayyē, “life story, book of life”)
* ܟܵܬ݂ܹܪ ܒܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (kāṯēr b-ḥayyē, “to survive”)
* ܠܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (lḥayyē, literally “to life”)
* ܫܒ݂ܝܼܠ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (šḇīl ḥayyē, “a way of life, lifestyle”)

##### See also

* ܚܲܝܘܼܬܵܐ (ḥayūtā)

### Etymology 2

Related to the above; compare Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy) and Hebrew חַי (kháy)

#### Alternative forms

* ܚܵܝܵܐ (ḥāyā)

#### Adjective

ܚܲܝܵܐ • (ḥayyā) (feminine ܚܲܝܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥayṯā), plural ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (ḥayyē))
* alive, living, live, lively
    Synonym: ܒܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (bḥayyē)
    ܝܠܹܗ ܚܲܝܵܐ ܘܠܵܐ ܡܝܼܬܵܐ! ― ìlēh ḥayyā w-lā mītā! ― He is alive not dead!
    ܪܓ݂ܝܼܫ ܠܝܼ ܚܲܝܵܐ ܒܵܬ݂ܲܪ ܕܫܬܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܩܲܗܘܵܐ.rḡīš lī ḥayyā bāṯar dštē lī qahwā.I felt lively after I drunk coffee.
* raw
    Synonym: ܢܵܝܵܐ (nāyā)
* running (of water)

##### Derived terms

* ܐܝܼܬ݂ܝܹ̈ܐ ܚܲܝܹ̈ܐ (īṯyē ḥayyē, “living beings”)
* ܚܲܝ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (ḥay nafšā, literally “alive in spirit”)
* ܚܲܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥayūṯā, “vitality, life”)
* ܚܲܝܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥayṯā, “midwife”)
* ܚܲܝܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (ḥayyāˀīṯ, “in a lively manner”)

### Etymology 3

From Aramaic חְיָא (ḥəyā); cognate to Arabic حَيِيَ (ḥayiya) and Hebrew חַי (kháy), with the interjection similar to Hebrew יְחִי (y'khí).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [xɑːjeː]
* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [xaheː]

#### Verb

ܚܵܝܹܐ • (ḥāyē)
* to live, be alive, have life
    ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ، ܟܹܐ ܚܵܝܲܚ ܒܚܹܐܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ.asīrē ìwaḥ wā īnā ādīyā, kē ḥāyaḥ b-ḥērūṯā.We were prisoners but now, we live in freedom.
* to survive (to live past a life-threatening event)
* to live, reside, inhabit (to have permanent residence somewhere)
    Synonyms: ܥܵܡܹܪ (ˁāmēr), ܫܵܟ݂ܹܢ (šāḵēn)
    ܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܒܸܚܵܝܵܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܓܵܘ ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ ܕܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ.aḥnan biḥḥāyā ìwaḥ gāw taymnā d-nīnwē.We live in the South of Nineveh.

##### Conjugation

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#### Interjection

ܚܵܝܹܐ • (ḥāyē) m sg (feminine singular ܚܵܝܝܵܐ (ḥāyyā), plural ܚܵܝܝܼ (ḥāyī)) (masculine third-person non-past of the above)
* long live
    ܚܵܝܹܐ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ! ― ḥāyē malkā! ― Long live the king!

##### See also

* ܚܵܝܹܝܬ! (ḥāyēt!, literally “May you live”)

## Classical Syriac
### Alternative forms

* (rare) ܚܝܝܐ (ḥayyē)

### Etymology

From the root ܚ ܝ ܐ related to living; compare Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh), Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayyîm).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ħajje]

### Noun

ܚܝܐ • (ḥayyē) m (plural only; not used in singular form)
* life, lives
* salvation
* subsistence, sustenance, nourishment

#### Usage notes

Although plural in number, this word may take a verb in either the plural or singular.

#### See also

* ܚܝܘܬܐ (ḥayyūṯā)

### References

* “ḥyyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-23
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 103a
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 139a
* Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 444b