حياة (hayaah) — "life" in Modern Standard Arabic

حياة

Hayaah

life

Topic
mankind and kinship
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3 of our stories

"life" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

حياة

hayah

Levantine Arabic

حَياة

ɧayāt

Moroccan Darija

عيشة

Moroccan Darija

حَياة

حياة in a sentence

Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.

بالتأكيد، فوجود الانسجام بين العمل والحياة الشخصية أمر ضروري، أليس كذلك؟

Bit-ta'keed, fa-wujood al-insijam bayna al-'amal wa al-hayah ash-shakhsiyyah amr darooree, alaysa kadhalik?

Absolutely, for the existence of harmony between work and personal life is a necessary matter, is it not?

from An Appointment on Al Mutanabbi Street

تبادلا همومهما اليومية وتحديات الحياة المعاصرة بصدق يثبت عمق علاقتهما الجوارية

Tabādalā humoomahumā al-yawmiyyah wa tahaddiyāt al-hayāh al-mu'āsirah bisidqin yuthbit umq alāqatihimā al-jiwāriyyah.

They genuinely exchanged their daily worries and the challenges of modern life, proving the depth of their neighborly relationship.

from Neighbors' Chat

تحدثنا طويلا عن كيف تتطور الحياة وتصبح احيانا صعبة

tahaddathna taweelan an kayfa tatatawwaru alhayatu wa tusbihu ahyaanan saabatan

We talked a lot about how life develops and sometimes becomes difficult

from A Difficult Encounter

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