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هَيْئَة
appearance, form /ˈhajʔa/
nounB1#1540 most common
Also: shape, configuration, body, commission, authority, organization, agency
Example sentences
هَيْئَتُهُ جَميلة.
His appearance is nice.
غَيَّرَ الرَّجُلُ هَيْئَتَهُ.
The man changed his appearance.
تَعمَلُ أُختي في هَيْئَةِ الأُمَمِ المُتَّحِدة.
My sister works at the United Nations body.
ظَهَرَ أمامَنا في هَيْئَةِ شَيْخٍ كَبيرٍ في السِّنّ.
He appeared before us in the form of a very old man.
تَتَّخِذُ المادَّةُ هَيْئَةً مُختَلِفةً عِندَ ارتِفاعِ دَرَجةِ الحَرارة.
Matter takes on a different form when the temperature rises.
تُشرِفُ هَيْئَةٌ مُستَقِلّةٌ على نَزاهةِ الانتِخاباتِ ومُراقَبةِ مَجرياتِها.
An independent body oversees the integrity of the elections and monitors how they unfold.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | هَيْئَةٌ | هَيْئَاتٌ |
| Genitive | هَيْئَةٍ | هَيْئَاتٍ |
| Accusative | هَيْئَةً | هَيْئَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا هَيْئَةُ | يا هَيْئَاتُ |
Word family
هَيَّأَto prepare, make ready
تَهَيَّأَto get ready
تَهْيِئَةpreparation
مُهَيَّأprepared, ready
هَيْئَاتbodies, organizations (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ه-ي-أ, which carries the sense of preparing, arranging, and giving shape. From the idea of a thing being arranged into a settled state came the noun for its outward form or appearance. In modern usage the same word names an organized body or official authority, that is, a group arranged for a purpose.
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