Arabic vocabulary
حَيٌّalive
How to say “alive” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وهو يوم القيامة أي ان الله قادر على رجعه إليه حيًا في ذلك اليوم
And it is the Day of Resurrection, meaning that God is able to bring him back to Him alive on that day.
حَيًّا — alive. This noun 'alive' is in the object-style ending as a circumstance word, describing the state of the one returned: 'brought back while alive'. Arabic uses this object ending on a noun to mark the condition something is in during the action.
From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →
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