Arabic vocabulary
حَيّ is how you say “living” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
تُعرَض عليه الأعمال يوم القيامة لا كأرقام جافّة، بل كصورٍ ومعانٍ حية لها ثِقَلٌ وحضور
Actions are presented on it on the Day of Judgment not as dry numbers, but as living images and meanings with weight and presence.
حَيَّةٍ — living. 'living', adjective on the 'images and meanings', agreeing as genitive — 'alive, vivid'. The contrast with 'dry numbers' lands here.
From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →OpenArabic teaches words like حَيّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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