ء ي س
Arabic
Etymology
Variant of ي ء س (y-ʔ-s). Compare with Hebrew יָאַשׁ (yāʾaš, “to despair”), Aramaic יָאֵשׁ (yaʾəš, “to make desperate”), איעש (“despair”), יְאוּשָׁא (yəʾūšā, “despair”).
Root
ء ي س • (ʔ-y-s)
- related to giving up
Derived terms
- Form I: أَيِسَ (ʔayisa, “to give up hope”)
- Verbal noun: أَيْس (ʔays), إِيَاس (ʔiyās)
- Active participle: آيِس (ʔāyis)
- Passive participle: مَأْيُوس (maʔyūs)
- Form II: أَيَّسَ (ʔayyasa, “to make desperate; to make soft, to make pliant”)
- Verbal noun: تَأْيِيس (taʔyīs)
- Active participle: مُؤَيِّس (muʔayyis)
- Passive participle: مُؤَيَّس (muʔayyas)
- Form IV: آيَسَ (ʔāyasa, “to lead into desperation”)
- Verbal noun: إِيئَاس (ʔīʔās)
- Active participle: مُؤْيِس (muʔyis)
- Passive participle: مُؤْيَس (muʔyas)
- Form V: تَأَيَّسَ (taʔayyasa, “to become desperate; to become soft, to become pliant”)
- Verbal noun: تَأَيُّس (taʔayyus)
- Active participle: مُتَأَيِّس (mutaʔayyis)
- أَيِس (ʔayis, “hopeless, desperate”)
References
- “yˀš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “ˀyˁš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- H2976 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “ء ي س”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 37
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “ء ي س”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 137
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ء ي س”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 98