سوء

4 أَسَاآءَ ذ , [inf. n. اـِسَاآءَةٌ,] He did evil, or ill; or acted ill; contr. of أَحْسَنَ: (S, M, K:) [and so] اسِاآء فِى فِعْلِهِ. (Msb.) You say, اساآء اـِلَيْهِ (S, K) and لَهُ and عَلَيهِ and بِهِ (TA) He did evil or ill, or acted ill, to him. (S, K, TA.) ― -b2- [See also أَسْوَى, in several senses, in art. سوي.] -A2- اساآءهُ He corrupted it, or marred it; (M, K;) [ did it ill; ] did it not well; namely, a thing. (M.) It is said in a prov., أَسَاآءَ كَارِهٌ مَا عَمِلَ [ An unwilling person did ill what he did ]; relating to a man who was compelled against his will, by another, to do a thing, and marred it, or did it not well: it is applied to the man who seeks an object of want and does not take pains to accomplish it. (M, Meyd. *) See also 1, in two places, in the former half of the paragraph. [And see 2.]