Arabic vocabulary
تَحْيَاlive
How to say “live” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وعن الحسن قال إن هذه القلوب تحيى وتموت فإذا حييت فاحملوها على النافلة، وإذا ماتت فاحملوها على الفريضة
Al-Hasan said, 'Indeed, these hearts live and die. When they are alive, push them toward extra acts of worship; and when they die, push them toward the obligatory acts.'
تَحْيَا — live. A present-tense verb 'live', in the feminine-singular form to agree with 'hearts' as a non-human plural.
From: Reviving the Heart →
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