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'.
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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.
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.