Pronunciation (Yadda ake faɗi)
Adjective
- alive, living
- Antonym: matacce
- Allah, bãbu wani Ubangiji fãce Shi, Rãyayye, Mai tsayuwa da kõme <> Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. --Quran/2/255
- Ya kai rayayye, kuma wanda ya ke tsaye a kan bayinsa ka temake ni saboda rahamarka [1] <> Anas ibn Malik (Allah be pleased with him) relates that if any distress befell the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), he would say: Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum, bi-Rahmatika astagheeth (‘O Living, O Sustaining, in Your Mercy I seek relief!’). [2]
- "Obasanjo na da ra'ayinsa kan ko wane irin mutum, (ko rayayye ko matacce)". [3] <> Obasanjo is entitled to his opinion about anybody (dead or alive)"