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إِحْياء
revival, reviving, bringing back to life /ʔɪħ.ˈjaːʔ/
nounB2#4344 most common
Also: resurrection, resuscitation, commemoration (of an occasion)
Example sentences
هذا إحياء للتقليد القديم.
This is a revival of the old tradition.
شارك الناس في إحياء الذكرى السنوية.
People took part in commemorating the anniversary.
قررت الحكومة إحياء المشروع القديم.
The government decided to revive the old project.
يحتفل المسلمون بإحياء ليالي رمضان بالصلاة.
Muslims mark the occasion by spending the nights of Ramadan in prayer.
يهدف البرنامج إلى إحياء اللغات المهددة بالانقراض.
The program aims to revive languages threatened with extinction.
كان إحياء الموتى موضوعا مركزيا في كثير من الأساطير القديمة.
The resurrection of the dead was a central theme in many ancient myths.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِحْياءٌ | إِحْياءاتٌ |
| Genitive | إِحْياءٍ | إِحْياءاتٍ |
| Accusative | إِحْياءً | إِحْياءاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا إِحْياءُ | يا إِحْياءاتُ |
Word family
حياة (ḥayāh)life
حيّ (ḥayy)alive, living
يحيا (yaḥyā)he lives
أحيا (aḥyā)he revived, gave life to
المحيي (al-Muḥyī)the Giver of Life (a divine name)
Etymology
Iḥyāʾ comes from the Arabic root ḥ-y-y, meaning to live. It is the verbal noun of the Form IV verb aḥyā, to bring to life or revive, built on the ʾifʿāl pattern used for causative verbal nouns. The word is a native Semitic formation, not a borrowing. Related roots for life appear across the Semitic language family.
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