حيث

See also: حيت, جيب, جیب, جئت, and جیت

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaj.θu/

Conjunction

حَيْثُ • (ḥayṯu)

1. where (relative)
2. wherever; at any place
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:58:

     وَإِذْ قُلْنَا ٱدْخُلُوا هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَدًا وَٱدْخُلُوا ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ نَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطَايَاكُمْ وَسَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

     waʔiḏ qulnā dḵulū hāḏihi l-qaryata fakulū minhā ḥayṯu šiʔtum raḡadan wadḵulū l-bāba sujjadan waqūlū ḥiṭṭatun naḡfir lakum ḵaṭāyākum wasanazīdu l-muḥsinīna

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3. since, whereas, due to the fact that
4. because

Derived terms

• إِلَى حَيْثُ (ʔilā ḥayṯu)
• مِنْ حَيْثُ (min ḥayṯu)
• بِحَيْثُ (biḥayṯu)
• حَيْثُمَا (ḥayṯumā)
• حَيْثِيَّة (ḥayṯiyya)

Descendants

• Moroccan Arabic: حيت (ḥīt)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حيث”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 683-684