عى

عَىٌّ ذ and ↓ عَيِىٌّ, (S, Msb, K, TA,) the former of which is the more common, (TA,) are epithets denoting the agent of the verb in the phrases عَىٌّ بِالأَمْرِ (Msb, K) and عَىَّ عَنْ حُجَّتِهِ (Msb) and عَىَّ فِى مَنْطِقِهِ: [i. e. they signify Unable to find the right way, or manner, &c., in relation to an affair, and an argument or the like, and in the expression of his ideas; agreeably with the explanations of these phrases in the first paragraph of this art.:] and ↓ عَيَّانُ (K) and ↓ عَيَايَاآءُ (S, K) signify the same, (S, K,) in relation to an affair and to the expression of one's ideas: (S:) the pl. [of عَىٌّ] is أَعْيَاآءٌ and [of عَيِىٌّ] أَعْيِيَاآءُ; (S, K;) Sb says, Yoo has informed us of this; and he says, we have also heard some of the Arabs say أَعْيِيَاآءُ [as above] and أَعْيِيَةٌ. (S.)