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مَحْيَا life in Arabic

مَحْيَا is how you say “life” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وكذلك من أوجب أن يدعو بعد التشهد بالدعاء المأمور به هناك، وهو الاستعاذة من عذاب جهنم، والقبر، وفتنة المحيا والممات، والدجال،

And likewise for those who obligate supplication after the tashahhud with the commanded supplication there, which is to seek refuge from the torment of Hell, the grave, the trials of life and death, and the Dajjal.

المَحْيَا life

Genitive owner of 'trial' — 'living, life'; its long final vowel is case-proof; 'the trial of life'.

From Required Remembrance

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More example sentences

وهو الاستعاذة من عذاب جهنم، والقبر، وفتنة المحيا والممات، والدجال،

And it is seeking refuge from the torment of Hell, the grave, the trials of life and death, and the Dajjal,

الْمَحْيَا life

The owner-noun completing 'trial of life', sitting directly after its pair-word with no 'of' between them. Its form is a place/time noun built from the root for living, here standing for the whole span of being alive.

From Praise and Petition in Prayer

فقد كان قبل أن يدخل في هذه الصناعة منورا مضيئا، على محياه سيما السلف،

So indeed, before he entered into this field, he was enlightened and radiant, upon his face the mark of the pious predecessors,

مَحْيَاهُ his face

This noun, his face, is in the genitive after the preposition, with the possessor attached pointing back to him. The suffix tracks whose face it is, anchoring the description to the man.

From Unity Over Partisanship

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