حَيَّة

Hay~apN Hy Hyh Hyp [meaning A serpent ] is said by some to be from taHaw~aY , because what is so termed gathers itself together, and winds, or coils, itself; (ISd, * K, * TA;) and to be originally HawoyapN ; (TA in art. HY ;) and their opinion is strengthened by the forms and meaning of the words Haw~aA='N and HaAwK (TA) [and by the form and meaning of the word maHowaApN ]: or the Hy~p is so called because of the length of its life ( liTuwli HayaAtihaA ). (K. [See the next art.])

Hay~apN Hy Hyh Hyp [ A serpent; ] a certain thing well known: (K, TA:) [improperly explained in the Msb as syn. with A^afoEFY :] applied to the male and the female; (S, Msb;) the p being added to denote one of a kind, as in baT~apN and dajaAjapN ; [although HaY~N is not used as a coll. gen. n.; and] although the saying EalaY Hay~apK ↓ raA^ayotu Hay~FA , as meaning [ I saw ] a male [ serpent ] upon a female [ serpent ], is related as having been heard from the Arabs: (S:) but ↓ Hay~uwtN is also applied to the male; (Az, S, K;) the t being augmentative; for the word is originally Hay~uw [or Hay~uw~N ]: (Az, TA:) it is said that it does not die unless by an accident: and they say of a long-lived man, maA huwa A_il~aA Hay~apN [ He is none other than a serpent ]; and in like manner they say of a woman; as though it were called Hy~p because of its long life: [for] some, including Sb, say that it is derived from HayaApN , as the rel. n. is HayawiY~N , not HawawiY~N : and to him who objects that one says rajulN Haw~aA='N [meaning “ a man who collects serpents ”], it is replied that Hay~apN and Haw~aA='N are of different roots, like luw^oluw^N and laA^~lN , &c.: but it may be from taHaw~aY , because of its winding, or coiling, itself; and some say that it is originally HawoyapN ; some, that it is originally HayowapN : (TA:) [the dim. is ↓ Huyay~apN :] the pl. is Hay~aAtN (K) and HayowaAtN , (K, TA,) or HayawaAtN . (So in some copies of the K [agreeably with the dial. of Hudheyl].) Hence the prov. huwa A^aboSaru mino Hay~apK [ He is more sharp-sighted than a serpent ]; because of the sharpness of its sight: and A^aZolamu mino Hay~apK [ more wrongful in conduct than a serpent ]; because it comes to the burrow of the [lizard called] Dab~ , and eats its young one, and takes up its abode in its burrow. (TA.) And saqaAhu A@ll~`hu dama AlHay~aAti [ May God give him to drink the blood of the serpents ]; i. e., (assumed tropical:) destroy him. (TA.) And ↓ laA talidu AlHay~apu A_il~aA Huyay~apF [ The serpent does not bring forth anything save a little serpent ]: a prov. applied to the cunning and mischievous, or malignant. (TA.) And fulaAnN Hay~apu AlwaAdiY , or AlA^aroDi , or Albaladi , or AlHamaATi , (assumed tropical:) Such a one is cunning and mischievous, or malignant, (IAar, K,) and intelligent, in the utmost degree: (IAar:) [or] flAn Hy~p AlwAdY means (assumed tropical:) such a one is strong in resisting, a defender of his possessions. (TA.) And Hay~apu AlwaAdiY is also an appellation applied to (assumed tropical:) The lion; (K, TA;) because of his cunning, or craftiness. (TA.) One says also, humo Hay~apu AlA^aroDi , meaning (assumed tropical:) They are cunning, guileful, malignant, or mischievous, and strong, not neglecting to take blood-revenge: so in a saying of Dhu-l-Isba' El-'Adwánee cited voce Ea*iyrN . (TA.) And fulaAnN Hay~apN *akarN (S, TA) (assumed tropical:) Such a one is courageous and strong. (TA.) And raA^osuhu raA^osu Hay~apK (assumed tropical:) He is clever, or ingenious; acute, or sharp; intelligent. (TA.) And raA^ayotu fY kitaAbihi Hay~aAti waEaqaAriba (assumed tropical:) I saw in his letter slanders, or calumnies, addressed to the ruling power, in order to cause the object thereof to fall into embarrassment from which escape would be difficult. (TA.) ― -b2- AlHay~apu is also a name of (assumed tropical:) [ The constellation Draco; commonly called Alt~in~iynu ;] certain stars [ partly ] between the faroqadaAni [or B and y of Ursa Minor ] and banaAtu naEo$K [meaning the stars in the tail of Ursa Major ]: (K:) so called by way of comparison. (TA.) ― -b3- And Hay~apN also signifies (assumed tropical:) A certain mark made with a hot iron upon the neck, and upon the thigh, of a camel, twisting, or winding, like the Hay~ap [ properly so called ]. (Ibn- Habeeb, TA.) -A2- See also HaY~N .