# \*ḥayy- 'to live, be alive; life'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: to live; life, the living
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B8%A5/2760_to_live_be_alive_life.md

## In Linear A

- [A-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-JA/index.md>) (ḥayyā): 'the Living One', title of the Goddess (√ḥ-y-y)
- [A-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-JU/index.md>) (Ḥayyu): Ḥayyu 'Living' (personal name)
- [JA-JA-\[…\]](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-JA-~5B~E2~80~A6~5D/index.md>) (ḥayyā): 'the Living One', title of the Goddess
- [JA-WI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-WI/index.md>) (Yawī): personal name, '(he) lives', the bare form of the Amorite Yawi-DN names

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Eblaitic: ʔà-u₉ /ḥayyu(m)/ DN (= ᵈEN.KI, Akk. Ea), from ḥ-y-y/w (VE 803; Krebernik 1983, 31); a-ʔà-a /ḥ-w-y, ḥ-y-y/; ʔà-u₉ /ḥay(ya)/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 260–261) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: /ḥ-w/y-y/ (DULAT 374) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: ḥwy (B 308); ḥwy (Krahmalkov 178); ḥym (T 103) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ḥay (HALOT 308) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: ḥyyʾ (OLA80 §9.5); ḤYY (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 354) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥwy]
- Amorite: ḥjj: jaḥī, ḥajjum, ḥajjatum, ḥajja (Gelb AS 21, 19); ḥwy: ḫay- (Huffmon APNM 191); ḥaya, laḥî (Buck 2019, 327); ḥ-w-y, ḥ-y-y: ia-ḫi-ia, ia-aḫ-wi-DINGIR, la-ḫi-a-nu-um (Ur III); ḥay(ya): ḫa-iu-um, ḫa-ia-nu-um, á-ú-DINGIR (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 260–261) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: ḥym, N.Pu. ʿym (T 102); N.Pu. ḥwt (T 103); N.Pu. ḥyt (T 104); N.Pu. ḥwʾ, ʿwʾ (T 100); Neo-Punic mḥy (Krahmalkov 275) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: ḥaye (Payne Smith 139); ḥəyā (LGz. 252) (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: hia (LGz. 252)
- Judaic Aramaic: ḥayyin (T 102)
- Canaanite: EA ḫaya (T 102) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: ḥay (HALOT 308); *ḥay, pl. ḥayyīn (HALOT 307); ḥyy (HALOT 309) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ḥayy- 'alive, living' (BK 1, 523)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic ḥyw (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 88); ḥy; ḥyy; ḥywt; Dhofari ḥy; ḥyt; ḥyw (Al-Jallad 2026, 79) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab ḥyy (Biella 173); yḥw, tḥw; ḥwy (Biella 168–169); Sab ḥyw, yḥywn (SD 74) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: ḥaywa (LGz. 252) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥwy]
- Soqotri: ḥyy (LGz. 252)
- Mehri: ḥewya (LGz. 252) (gloss withheld)
- Tigre: ḥayā (Wb. 94a; HALOT 309) (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: ḥayäwä, ḥawäyä, ḥəywät (LGz. 252)
- Amharic: həywät, həyaw (LGz. 252)
- Gurage: xəywät (LGz. 252)
- Jibbali: ḥē (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 26) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.