ع ي ي

ع ي ي

Arabic

Root

ع ي ي • (ʿ-y-y)

1. related to erring or failing

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: عَيَا‎ (ʿayā, “to not find the right way or method; be incapable; lack the strength or power; be unable to express; stammer, falter; be ill, fall ill”)
  • Verbal noun: عِيّ‎ (ʿiyy)
  • Active participle: عَايٍ‎ (ʿāyin)
  • Passive participle: مَعْيِيّ‎ (maʿyiyy)
• Form IV: أَعْيَا‎ (ʾaʿyā, “become or be tired, fatigued, weak, feeble, weary; render incapable, incapacitate, disable; thwart; defy; fail, break down, malfunction”)
  • Verbal noun: إِعْيَاء‎ (ʾiʿyāʾ)
  • Active participle: مُعْيٍ‎ (muʿyin)
  • Passive participle: مُعْيًى‎ (muʿyan)

Nouns;

• عِيّ‎ (ʿiyy, “incapability of expressing, stammer; fatigue, weariness, exhaustion”)
• عَيّ‎ (ʿayy, “incapability, inability; weakness, feebleness, faintness, fatigue”); pl. اَعَيَاء‎ (aʿayāʾ)
• عَيَّان‎ (ʿayyān, “incapable, unable; tired, weary, fatigued; ill, sick”)
• اِعْيَاء‎ (iʿyāʾ, “weariness, fatigue; exhaustion, weakness, lack of strength; impotence, helplessness, powerlessness”)
• مُعيٍ‎ (“tired, weary, fatigued, exhausted, debilitated, feeble, faint”)