هَيْتَ

hayota * an exclamation denoting wonder: the Arabs say, hayota liloHilomi [ What forbearing mildness, or clemency! ] (L.) ― -b2- hayota laka , (Akh, S, K, &c.,) and hayoti lk , (Akh, K,) and hayota lk , (Akh, IB, K,) and the first letter is sometimes with kesreh; (K;) as is related on the authority of 'Alee, (TA,) [so that you say hiyta and hiyti and hiytu , the first of which three forms is mentioned by Fr, Akh, IB, and the third by Fr, IB; but for the second I find no other authority than that implied above;] of all which, the most common is hayota lk , with fet-hah to the h and t : (Zj:) hayota is of the dial. of Howrán, whence it became introduced into Mekkeh; and hiyta , of the dial. of El-Medeeneh: (Fr:) [imper. verbal ns.] i. q. halum~a , Come! (Akh, S, L, K,) or taEaAla the same, (Fr, Ks,) or A^aqobilo , the same, or Come forward! (L.) It occurs in the Kur, xii. 23; where it is commonly read hayota laka ; (Zj;) but 'Alee and Ibn-'Abbás are said to have read hiy^otu laka , with hemzeh. [See art. hyA^ .] (TA.) hayota is itself invariable whether used to denote the sing. or pl. or fem. or masc.; but the difference of number is observed in what follows it; for you say hayota lakumaA [ Come ye two! ] and hayota lakun~a [ Come ye women! &c.]: (S:) you also say simply hayota [ Come! ] and this is also said to signify Hasten! and Set forth journeying through the land, or earth. (TA.) Authorities differ respecting this word; whether it be Arabic or arabicized; and whether it be a noun or a verb; &c. Accord. to AZ, as related by Az, hyt lk is arabicized in the Kur, from the Hebrew hytA kx [app. a mistake for hytA kx , which I suppose to be meant for עַהׇּה לְבׇה “ Now, come! ” occurring in Gen. xxxi. 44]. (TA.)