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Adjective [Hebrew]

IPA: /ˈħajj/ [Biblical-Hebrew], /ˈħaj/ [ˈħaːj] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /ˈħaj/ [ˈħæːj] [Yemenite-Hebrew], /ˈχaj/ [West] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ˈħaj/ [East] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ˈχaj/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ˈχaj/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-חי.wav Forms: חַי [canonical], kháy [romanization], חַיָּה [feminine], חַיִּים [masculine, plural], חַיּוֹת [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *ḥyw (“to live”); cognate with Hebrew חַוָּה (khavá). Etymology templates: {{inh|he|sem-pro|*ḥyw||to live}} Proto-Semitic *ḥyw (“to live”), {{cog|he|חַוָּה|tr=khavá}} Hebrew חַוָּה (khavá) Head templates: {{he-adj-auto|stem=חי|stemwv=חַיּ|tr=kháy|wv=חַי}} חַי • (kháy) (feminine חַיָּה, masculine plural חַיִּים, feminine plural חַיּוֹת)
  1. alive
    Sense id: en-חי-he-adj-E1~HoJ2i Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 43 3 7 30 17 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant target parameters: 38 4 9 29 20 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 38 4 10 29 20
  2. living, live
    Sense id: en-חי-he-adj-CVjkz5Nb
  3. lively
    Sense id: en-חי-he-adj-NrSBFSuk Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 0 14 38 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 0 36 30 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: חי וקיים (kháy vekayám) (english: alive and well), חַי וְקַיָּם (kháy vekayám) (english: alive and well), כַּדּוּר חַי (kadúr khai), שידור חי (shidúr kháy), שִׁדּוּר חַי (shidúr kháy)

Verb [Hebrew]

IPA: /ˈħajj/ [Biblical-Hebrew], /ˈħaj/ [ˈħaːj] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /ˈħaj/ [ˈħæːj] [Yemenite-Hebrew], /ˈχaj/ [West] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ˈħaj/ [East] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ˈχaj/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ˈχaj/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-חי.wav
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *ḥyw (“to live”); cognate with Hebrew חַוָּה (khavá). Etymology templates: {{inh|he|sem-pro|*ḥyw||to live}} Proto-Semitic *ḥyw (“to live”), {{cog|he|חַוָּה|tr=khavá}} Hebrew חַוָּה (khavá) Head templates: {{he-verb|pa|tr=kháy|wv=חַי}} חַי • (kháy) (pa'al construction) Inflection templates: {{he-verb-conjugation|fut.1p=נִחְיֶה|fut.1s=אֶחְיֶה|fut.2fp=תִּחְיֶינָה|fut.2fs=תִּחְיִי|fut.2mp=תּחְיוּ|fut.2ms=תִּחְיֶה|fut.3fp=תִּחְיֶינָה|fut.3fs=תִּחְיֶה|fut.3mp=יִחְיוּ|fut.3ms=יִחְיֶה|imp.fp=חֲיֶינָה|imp.fs=חֲיִי|imp.mp=חֲיוּ|imp.ms=חֲיֵה|inf=לִחְיוֹת|p.1p=חָיִינוּ|p.1s=חָיִיתִי|p.2fp=חֲיִיתֶן|p.2fs=חָיִית|p.2mp=חֲיִיתֶם|p.2ms=חָיִיתָ|p.3fs=חייתה \ חָיְתָה|p.3ms=חַי|p.3p=חָיוּ|pr.fp=חַיּוֹת|pr.fs=חַיָּה|pr.mp=חַיִּים|pr.ms=חַי}} Forms: חַי [canonical], kháy [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], לִחְיוֹת [error-unrecognized-form], חָיִיתִי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], חָיִינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], חָיִיתָ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], חָיִית [feminine, past, second-person, singular], חֲיִיתֶם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], חֲיִיתֶן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], חַי [masculine, past, singular, third-person], חייתה \ חָיְתָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], חָיוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], חַי [masculine, present, singular], חַיָּה [feminine, present, singular], חַיִּים [masculine, plural, present], חַיּוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אֶחְיֶה [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נִחְיֶה [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תִּחְיֶה [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תִּחְיִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תּחְיוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תִּחְיֶינָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יִחְיֶה [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תִּחְיֶה [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יִחְיוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תִּחְיֶינָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], חֲיֵה [imperative, masculine, singular], חֲיִי [feminine, imperative, singular], חֲיוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], חֲיֶינָה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. to live (to be alive, to have life) Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-חי-he-verb-wtG6U9qy Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 0 14 38 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 0 36 30 30
  2. to live (to have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside) Tags: construction-pa'al Synonyms: גר
    Sense id: en-חי-he-verb-1xsOg7D5 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 0 14 38 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 0 36 30 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: דּוּ־חַי (du-khay) (english: amphibian), חַיְדַּק (khaydák) (english: bacteria), חַיְזָר (khayzár) (english: alien, extraterrestrial) Related terms: חיים

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "alive and well",
      "roman": "kháy vekayám",
      "word": "חי וקיים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "alive and well",
      "roman": "kháy vekayám",
      "word": "חַי וְקַיָּם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kadúr khai",
      "word": "כַּדּוּר חַי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shidúr kháy",
      "word": "שידור חי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shidúr kháy",
      "word": "שִׁדּוּר חַי"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*ḥyw",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to live"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *ḥyw (“to live”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "חַוָּה",
        "tr": "khavá"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew חַוָּה (khavá)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *ḥyw (“to live”); cognate with Hebrew חַוָּה (khavá).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "חַי",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kháy",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיָּה",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיִּים",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיּוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "חי",
        "stemwv": "חַיּ",
        "tr": "kháy",
        "wv": "חַי"
      },
      "expansion": "חַי • (kháy) (feminine חַיָּה, masculine plural חַיִּים, feminine plural חַיּוֹת)",
      "name": "he-adj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 3 7 30 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 4 9 29 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 4 10 29 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alive"
      ],
      "id": "en-חי-he-adj-E1~HoJ2i",
      "links": [
        [
          "alive",
          "alive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "living, live"
      ],
      "id": "en-חי-he-adj-CVjkz5Nb",
      "links": [
        [
          "living",
          "living"
        ],
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 0 14 38 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 0 36 30 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lively"
      ],
      "id": "en-חי-he-adj-NrSBFSuk",
      "links": [
        [
          "lively",
          "lively"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈħajj/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈħaj/ [ˈħaːj]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈħaj/ [ˈħæːj]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχaj/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
      "tags": [
        "West"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈħaj/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
      "tags": [
        "East"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχaj/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχaj/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-חי.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%97%D7%99.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%97%D7%99.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%97%D7%99.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%97%D7%99.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Chai (symbol)"
  ],
  "word": "חי"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "amphibian",
      "roman": "du-khay",
      "word": "דּוּ־חַי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bacteria",
      "roman": "khaydák",
      "word": "חַיְדַּק"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "alien, extraterrestrial",
      "roman": "khayzár",
      "word": "חַיְזָר"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*ḥyw",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to live"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *ḥyw (“to live”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "חַוָּה",
        "tr": "khavá"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew חַוָּה (khavá)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *ḥyw (“to live”); cognate with Hebrew חַוָּה (khavá).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "חַי",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kháy",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-verb-conjugation\n",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לִחְיוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חָיִיתִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חָיִינוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חָיִיתָ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חָיִית",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲיִיתֶם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲיִיתֶן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חייתה \\ חָיְתָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חָיוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיָּה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיִּים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיּוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֶחְיֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִחְיֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּחְיֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּחְיִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תּחְיוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּחְיֶינָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִחְיֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּחְיֶה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִחְיוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּחְיֶינָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲיֵה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲיִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲיוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חֲיֶינָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "tr": "kháy",
        "wv": "חַי"
      },
      "expansion": "חַי • (kháy) (pa'al construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "fut.1p": "נִחְיֶה",
        "fut.1s": "אֶחְיֶה",
        "fut.2fp": "תִּחְיֶינָה",
        "fut.2fs": "תִּחְיִי",
        "fut.2mp": "תּחְיוּ",
        "fut.2ms": "תִּחְיֶה",
        "fut.3fp": "תִּחְיֶינָה",
        "fut.3fs": "תִּחְיֶה",
        "fut.3mp": "יִחְיוּ",
        "fut.3ms": "יִחְיֶה",
        "imp.fp": "חֲיֶינָה",
        "imp.fs": "חֲיִי",
        "imp.mp": "חֲיוּ",
        "imp.ms": "חֲיֵה",
        "inf": "לִחְיוֹת",
        "p.1p": "חָיִינוּ",
        "p.1s": "חָיִיתִי",
        "p.2fp": "חֲיִיתֶן",
        "p.2fs": "חָיִית",
        "p.2mp": "חֲיִיתֶם",
        "p.2ms": "חָיִיתָ",
        "p.3fs": "חייתה \\ חָיְתָה",
        "p.3ms": "חַי",
        "p.3p": "חָיוּ",
        "pr.fp": "חַיּוֹת",
        "pr.fs": "חַיָּה",
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        "fut.2fp": "תִּחְיֶינָה",
        "fut.2fs": "תִּחְיִי",
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        "fut.3fp": "תִּחְיֶינָה",
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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'to-infinitive'",
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  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "חי",
  "trace": ""
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