عيث

2 عيّث ذ , (S, O, K,) inf. n. تَعْيِيثٌ, (S, O,) He searched [or groped ] for a thing with the hand, without his seeing it: (S, O, K:) or, said of a blind man, he searched [or groped ] for a thing: and, said of a man possessing sight, he searched [or groped ] for a thing in the dark: written by Kr with غ. (L.) [It is said in the TA, in art. غيث, that ISd thought عيّث, with the unpointed ع, to be a mistranscription; but that it is correct.] ― -b2- And hence, عيّث فِى الكِنَانَةِ He put his hand into the quiver to search for an arrow: (TA:) or he turned about his hand in the quiver to search for the arrow. (A.) ― -b3- عيّث يَفْعَلُ كَذَا He set about, began, or commenced, doing such a thing. (O, K.) ― -b4- عَيَّثَتْ طَيْرُهُ [lit.] His birds [from which he augured] became confused to him; [meaning (assumed tropical:) his affairs, or case, became confused and perplexing to him ]; syn. اِخْتَلَطَتْ عَلَيْهِ. (O, K.) [See also غَيَّمَ.] ― -b5- عيّث فِى السَّنَامِ He made a mark, or an impression, upon the camel's hump with a knife. (TA.)