حَيًّا alive in Arabic
حَيًّا is how you say “alive” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
لَيْتَنِي أَكُونُ حَيًّا ذَكَرَ حَرْفًا
I wish I were alive to hear him mention a single letter.
حَيًّا alive
An adjective serving as the completer after the 'to be' verb, 'alive'. It takes the -an accusative because the wishing-and-being frame governs it, the same ending kaana would force. Left without 'the', it stays general, the state the speaker wishes he held.
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More example sentences
وَإِنْ يُدْرِكْنِي يَوْمُكَ حَيًّا أَنصُرُكَ نَصْرًا مُؤَزَّرًا
And if your day comes while I am alive, I will give you strong, forceful support.
حَيًّا while alive
An adjective used adverbially to set a circumstance, 'while (being) alive'; its -an accusative is exactly what flags it as a state-clause rather than a plain description. It tells the condition under which the support is offered: only if the speaker is still living.
وَإِذَا بَلَغَكَ أَنَّ حَيًّا مَاتَ فَصَدِّقْ،
And if it reaches you that a living person has died, then believe it.
حيًا a living person
A describing word standing in as a noun, 'a living one', the subject of what is reported. Its case follows from the 'that' particle that governs the reported clause. It is one unspecified person the claim is about.