حي العالم
Arabic
حي العالم – Sempervivum tectorum)
Etymology
Calque of Aramaic חַיָּיא לְעָלְמָא (ḥayyā lə-ʿāləmā, literally “living thing of eternity, something living for the world”), itself together with Hebrew חַי הָעוֹלָם (ḥay hā-ʿōlā́m), חַי לְעוֹלָם (ḥay lə-ʿōlā́m) a calque of Ancient Greek ἀείζωον (aeízōon, “houseleek”, literally “always-living”). Thus the meaning of perenniality got lost from Greek through Aramaic to Arabic since in Aramaic עָלְמָא (ʿāləmā) means “eternity” and “world”, chosen to render Greek ἀεί (aeí, “ever”), but the Arabic عَالَم (ʿālam) merely “world”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħajj al.ʕaː.lam/
Noun
حَيّ الْعَالَم • (ḥayy al-ʿālam) m
- houseleek (Sempervivum), stonecrop (Sedum spp., Hylotelephium spp.), perennial flowering succulents of the Sedoideae subfamily about the taxonomy of which there is no consensus yet
Declension
Declension of noun حَيّ الْعَالَم (ḥayy al-ʿālam)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | حَيّ الْعَالَم ḥayy al-ʿālam |
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| Nominative | — | حَيُّ الْعَالَمِ ḥayyu l-ʿālami |
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| Accusative | — | حَيَّ الْعَالَمِ ḥayya l-ʿālami |
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| Genitive | — | حَيِّ الْعَالَمِ ḥayyi l-ʿālami |
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