Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

فَعَلْتُهُ مَيْدَا ذٰلِكَ ذ , (M, K,) or مَيْدَ ذلك, (L,) I did it on account, or for the sake, of that. (M, L, K.) مِنْ مَيْدَا ذٰلِكَ has not been heard. (M, L.)

مَيْدَةٌ ذ : see مَائِدَةٌ.

مِيدَاآءٌ ذ The amount, and measure, of a thing: (L, K:) and the two sides, and distance, or extent, of a thing, (L,) or of a road; (K;) and the surface of a road. (L.) One says, لَمْ أَدْرِ مَا مِيدَاآءُ ذٰلِكَ I knew not what was the amount of that, and its measure: or, what was the measure of its two sides, and its extent: as also مِيتَاؤُهُ. (L.) ― -b2- The extreme limit of the distance to which horses run; and so ميِئْتاآءٌ. (S, TA, art. أتى.) -A2- مِيدَاآءٌ A mode, manner, fashion, or from. Ex. بَنُوْا بُيُوتَهُمْ عَلَى مِيدَاآءٍ وَاحِدٍ They built their houses, or constructed their tents, after one mode, &c. (L.) [See also مِئْتَاآءٌ, in art. اتى.]

هٰذَا مِيدَاؤُهُ ذ , [thus in the copies of the K and in the TA, app. a mistake for مِيدَاآءَهُ, like تِلْقَاآءَهُ,] and بِمِيدَائِهِ, and بِمِيدَاهُ, This is opposite to, or facing, it. (K.) And دَارِى بِمَيْدَا دَارِهِ, with fet-h to the م; (as also بِمِيتَاآءِ داره, L in art. ميت; and بِمِئْتَاآءِ داره, S in art. اتى;) My house is opposite to his house. (Yaakoob, L.) ― -b2- مِيدَاآءُ الطَرِيقِ: see مِئْتَاآء in art. أَتَى, and مِيتَاآء in art. ميت.

مَيْدَانٌ ذ (S, L, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ مِيدَانٌ (K) A horse-course; race-ground; hippodrome: (Msb, TA:) pl. مَيَادِينُ: (S, K, &c.:) of the measure فَعْلَانٌ, (IKtt,) from ماد “ it was in a state of motion; ” because the sides of the horsecourse shake on the occasion of a race: (Msb:) or from ماد “ it turned or twisted about, or became contorted and convulsed; ” because the horses wheel about, and bend or convulse themselves, in the place so called: or of the measure فَلْعَانٌ, from مَدًى “ a limit, or goal; ” because horses run to their goals in the place so called; originally مَدْيَانٌ, the second and third radicals being transposed; as in بِيزَانٌ, originally بُزْيَانٌ: or of the measure فَيْعَالٌ, from مَدَنَ “ he abode, or dwelt; ” because horses confine themselves especially to the place so called for wheeling about and the like. (IKtt.) -A2- عَيْشٌ مَيْدَانٌ A delicate, a pleasant, or an ample and easy, life. (S, L.) ― -b2- مَيْدَانُ الخُلَفَاآءِ (tropical:) a term applied by historians to The period of the reign of Khaleefehs; from twenty to twenty-four years. (MF, TA.)

مِيدَانٌ ذ : see مَيْدَانٌ.

مَيُودٌ ذ That moves about, or is agitated, much; that vacillates much: (L:) an intensive epithet; applied in a trad. to worldly prosperity. (L., art. حيد.)

مَيَّادٌ ذ : see مَائِدٌ.

مَائِدٌ ذ (tropical:) A man affected with a heaving of the stomach, or a tendency to vomit, and a giddiness in the head, by reason of intoxication, or of voyaging upon the sea: pl. مَيْدَى. (L.) ― -b2- مَائِدٌ A branch inclining [ from side to side: see 1]: (A, L:) as also ↓ مَيَّادٌ: (L:) [or rather the latter signifies inclining much, or frequently, from side to side: ] pl. [of the former] مُيَّدٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- فُلَانٌ يَمْشِى عَلَى الأَرْضِ فَيَّادًا مَيَّادًا (tropical:) Such a one walks upon the ground with an elegant and a proud and a self-conceited gait, with an affected inclining of his body from side to side. (A, Art. فيد.)

مَائِدَةٌ ذ (and ↓ مَيْدَةٌ, El-Jarmee, L, K) A table with food upon it: (S, L, K:) without food upon it, a table is not thus called, but is called خِوَانٌ: (AAF, S, L:) or also applied to a table itself: (L:) MF says, that this latter application is allowable, considering that food has been, or is to be, placed upon the table: but El-Hareeree asserts it to be incorrect, and the former application only to be allowable: (TA:) مائدة is thus used in its proper sense of an act. part. n., and is from ماد “ it was in a state of motion; ” as though the table [which was generally a round piece of leather or the like spread upon the ground] moved about with what was upon it: (Zj, L, Msb: *) or from ماد “ he brought wheat or food; ” because food is brought upon it [or as though it brought food]: (L:) or from ماد “ he gave; ” as though it gave of what was upon it to those around it: (El-'Ináyeh:) or it is of the form of an act. part. n. and used in the sense of a pass. part. n., from ماد “ he gave, ” (AO, S, L, Msb,) like رَاضِيَةٌ in the phrase عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ; (AO, S, L;) because what is thus called is given by its owner to the people [who are to eat]: (Msb:) also, food itself; (Akh, AHát, ISd, L, K;) even if without a table: (L:) [pl. مَوَائِدُ]. See also فَاثُورٌ. ― -b2- مَائِدَةٌ: (tropical:) A round piece of land or ground: (L, K:) likened to a table. (TA.)

مَوَائِدُ ذ : see مَائِدَةٌ. ― -b2- Also, Calamities: formed by transposition from مَاآوِدُ. (T, L.)

مُمْتَادٌ ذ Asking, or desiring, to give; asking or desiring, a gift. (K.) And Asked, or desired, to give; one of whom a gift is asked, or desired. (S, L, K.) ― -b2- مُمْتَادٌ A man [ asking, or desiring, and ― -b3- ] asked, or desired, to bring wheat or food. (S, L.)

1 مَارَ أَهْلَهُ ذ (T, * S, A, Msb, *) and عِيَالَهُ, (M, K,) aor. يَمِيرُ, (T, S, A, &c.,) inf. n. مَيْرٌ, (T, S, M, Msb, K,) He brought, or conveyed, or purveyed, طَعَام, [here meaning wheat, or other corn, and food, victuals, or provision, of any kind, (see مِيرَةٌ,)] (T, S, M, A, K) to, or for, his family, (T, * S, A,) or his household: (M, K:) or he brought to them مِيرَة, i. e. طَعَام: (As [accord. to whom, as I find in the TA, the aor. is يَمُورُ, but this I suppose to be a mistranscription,] T, Mgh, Msb:) or he gave them مِيرَة: (TA:) and ↓ أَمَارَهُمْ signifies the same as مَارَهُمْ; (K;) and so لَهُمْ ↓ امتار: (S, * M, K:) or you say, هُمْ يَمْتَارُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ they bring, or convey, or purvey, طعام for themselves; (T;) and لِنَفْسِهِ ↓ امتار, (A,) or المِيرَةَ لِنَفْسِهِ ↓ امتار, (Mgh, Msb,) he brought, (A, Mgh, Msb,) or conveyed, or purveyed, (A,) طعام for himself. (A, Mgh, Msb.) See مِيرَةٌ.

4 أَمْيَرَ see 1.

8 اـِمْتَيَرَ see 1.

مَيْرٌ ذ : see مِيرَةٌ.

مِيرَةٌ ذ : i. q. طَعَامٌ [here meaning Wheat, or other corn, and food, victuals, or provision, of any kind,] (T, S, A, * Mgh, Msb, K, *) which a man brings, or conveys or purveys (يَمْتَارُهُ) [ to be laid up in store for himself or his family or household, or for sale ]; (S, TA;) and ↓ مَيْرٌ signifies the same as مِيرَةٌ [in these senses, as will be seen from what follows], and is applied to victuals, or food, or aliment, syn. قُوتٌ. (TA.) Ex. جَالِبُ المِيرَةِ, (K,) or ↓ المَيْرِ, (M,) [ The bringer, or conveyer, or purveyor, of wheat, &c.] And أَتَاهُ بِمِيرَةٍ He brought him طَعَام. (T.) And جَاؤُوا بِا@لْمِيرَةِ [ They brought, or conveyed, or purveyed, the wheat, &c.] (A.) And مَا عِنْدَهُ ↓ خَيْرٌ وَلَا مَيْرٌ [ He has not wealth, nor wheat, &c.] (T, S, A.) ― -b2- Also, (T,) The bringing, or conveying, or purveyance, of طَعَام [here meaning as explained above] from another place (T, M, A, K,) [ for one's self or family or household, (see 1,) or] for sale: (T:) pl. مِيَرٌ. (M, arts. دفأ and صيف; &c.) The first مِيرَة is the رِبْعِيَّة (M, arts. دفأ and صيف,) which is the ميرة in the beginning of [the season called] the شِتَاآء [or winter, i. e., in the latter part of December or in January, during the season of rains called الرَّبِيع, about which time, the species of millet called ذُرَة, which, as Niebuhr mentions, (Descr. de l'Arabie, p. 135, note,) is called in El-Yemen طَعَام, is gathered in]: (S, K, art. ربع:) the second, the صَيْفِيَّة, (M, arts, دفأ and صيف,) also called the صَائِفَة, (S, M, K, art. صيف,) which is the ميرة in [the season called] the صَيْف [or spring], (S, M, art. صيف,) in the first part of the صَيْف [i. e., in the latter part of March, about which time, wheat, and a second crop of millet (ذُرَة), and barley, are gathered in]: (M, art. صيف:) the third, the دَفَئِيَّة, (M, arts. دفأ and صيف,) which is [also] in the first part of [the season called] the صَيْف [or spring, and consequently immediately after the صَيْفِيَّة, commencing in the season of the دَفَئِىّ rains, and app. continuing during part of April, when the same grains are gathered in; or by the صَيْف in this instance may be meant summer, but the more proper meaning is spring, and the term دَفَئِيَّةٌ seems already to point to the season of the دَفَئِىّ rains]: (M, art. دفأ:) and the fourth, the رَمَضِيَّة, (M, arts. دفأ and صيف,) which is the ميرة coming when the earth becomes burnt [by the sun, about July, when the month of رَمَضَان began at the period when the calendar by the months was fixed by Kiláb Ibn-Murrah, about two centuries before the Hijreh, and at which season of the year a third crop of ذُرَة is gathered in; for in some parts of Arabia they have three crops of this grain in the year; the second and third being sown immediately after, or produced by the grain which is let fall in cutting, the first and second]. (M, art. دفأ.)

مَيَّارٌ ذ : see مَائِرٌ.

مَائِرٌ ذ (S, M, K) and ↓ مَيَّارٌ (M, K) One who brings, or conveys, or purveys, مِيرَة, (S, * K,) or مَيْر: (M, L:) pl. of the former, مُيَّارٌ (S, M, K) and مَيَّارَةٌ, like رَجَّالَةٌ. (S, K.) You say نَحْنُ نَنْتَظِرُ مُيَّارَنَا, and مَيَّارَتَنَا, [ We are expecting our bringers, or conveyers, or purveyors, of wheat, &c.] (S.) The pl. مَيَّارَةٌ is applied to A company of men who go together from the desert to the towns or villages to bring مِيرَة. (TA.) It is said in a trad. الحَمُولَةُ المَائِرَةُ لَهُمْ لاَغِيَةٌ, meaning, The camels that carry مِيرَة for them for sale and the like are exempt from the eleëmosynary taxation, because they are working beasts. (TA.)

1 مَازَهُ ذ , aor. يَمِيزُهُ, inf. n. مَيْزٌ; (S, A, Msb, K;) and ↓ ميّزهُ (S, K,) inf. n. تَمْيِيزٌ; (S;) or the latter has an intensive signification; (Msb;) He put it, or set it, apart, away, or aside; removed it; or separated it; (S, A, Msb, K;) from another thing, or other things; (Msb;) as also ↓ امازهُ: (K:) [or the second, rather, he did so much, or greatly, or widely; like زَيَّلَهُ.] You say, مَازَهُ مِنْهُ, and ↓ ميّزهُ. (A.) Ex. مَازَ الأَذَى مِنَ الطَّرِّيق He put aside, or removed, what was hurtful from the road. (TA.) And it is said in the Kur, [viii. 38,] لِيَمِيزَ ا@للّٰهُ الخَبِيثَ مِنَ الطَّيِّبِ [ That God may separate, or sever, the evil from the good ]. (Msb.) [It seems also, from what is said in the A, that مَايَزْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا signifies I separated them two: besides having another signification, which see below.] You say also مَازَ الشَّىْءَ, (aor. and inf. n. as above, TA,) meaning, He separated one part of the thing from another; فَصَلَ بَعْضَهُ مِنْ بَعْضٍ, (M, TA,) or عَنْ بَعْضٍ: (as in a copy of the A:) expl. in the K as signifying فَضَّلَ بَعْضَهُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ [he judged, or made, part of the thing to excel, or to have excelled, another]; but the explanation in the M is the right. (TA.) And الأَشْيَاآءَ ↓ ميّز He separated the things after knowledge of them. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence, He distinguished it, or discriminated it, or discerned it. And مَازَ بَيْنَ الأَشْيَاآءِ, and بَيْنَهَا ↓ مَيَّزَ, He distinguished, or discriminated, or discerned, between the things. This is what is meant by its being said,] المَيْزُ also signifies التَّمْيِيزُ بَيْنَ الأَشْيَاآءِ. (TA.) You say also, بَيْنَهُمَا ↓ مَايَزْتُ [ I distinguished, or discriminated, or discerned, between them two ]. (A.) From ميّز الاشياآء, meaning as explained above, is [also], app., derived the phrase سِنُّ التَّمْيِيزِ, used by the doctors of practical law, as signifying, [ The age of discrimination; ] the age at which one knows what things are beneficial to him and what are hurtful to him: or, accord. to some, التَّمْيِيز is a faculty in the brain whereby meanings are elicited. (Msb.) -A2- مَازَ [is also intrans., and signifies] He (a man) removed from one place to another. (IAar, K.) See also 8.

2 مَيَّزَ see مَازَهُ, throughout.

3 مَاْيَزَ see مَازَهُ, in two places.

4 أَمْيَزَ see مَازَهُ, first signification.

5 تَمَيَّزَ see 8, throughout. ― -b2- You say also, فُلَانٌ يَكَادُ يَتَمَيَّزُ مِنَ الغَيْظِ Such a one almost bursts asunder with wrath, or rage. (S, K. *) The like is said in the Kur, lxvii. 8, tropically, of hell. (A, TA.)

6 تَمَاْيَزَ see 8, throughout.

7 اـِنْمَيَزَ see 8, throughout.

8 امتاز ذ , and ↓ تميّز, (S, A, Msb, K,) and ↓ انماز. (S, A, K,) and ↓ اـِمَّازَ, (Lh, TA,) [the last being a variation of that immediately preceding,] and ↓ استماز, (S, A, K,) It was, or became, put, or set, apart, away, or aside; or removed; or separated; (S, A, * Msb, * K;) from another thing, or other things: (Msb:) and the last, ↓ استماز, he went, or withdrew, aside, or to a distance, (K, TA,) عَنِ الشَّىْءِ from the thing. (TA.) All these forms are syn.; but in the phrase مِزْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَمَّزْ [as though signifying I put it, or set it, apart, &c., but it did not remain so ] Lh allows the verbs to be only in these two forms: (TA:) [though ↓ انماز is used in other cases; for] you say عَنْ ↓ انماز مُصَلَّاهُ He shifted from his place of prayer; or quitted it for another. (TA.) [See also 1, last signification.] You say also, امتار القَوْمُ, meaning, بَعْضُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ ↓ تميّز [ The people were, or became, put, or set, apart, &c., one from another ]: (S, TA:) and, as also ↓ تميّزوا, they became on one side: or they became alone, or separate: and the former, they withdrew, in a company or troop, aside; as also ↓ استمازوا: (TA:) and [in like manner] ↓ تمايزوا they became separated: (A:) and they formed themselves into separate companies, or troops, and went away, one from another. (TA. [التَّمَايُزُ being there said to signify التَّحَزُّبُ وَالتَّنَافُرُ.]) ― -b2- [امتاز, and the other forms mentioned above, in the first sentence of the paragraph, as syn. with it, also signify It was, or became, distinguished, or discriminated, or discerned: in which sense, ↓ تميّز is the most common. You say also, فُلَانٌ ↓ تميّز بِا@لْكَرَمِ Such a one was, or became, distinguished by generosity. And الأَشْيَاآءُ ↓ تَمَايَزَتِ and ↓ تُمَيَّزَت The things were, or became, distinguished, or discriminated, one from another; or distinct. ]

10 اـِسْتَمْيَزَ see 8, throughout.

مَيْزٌ ذ inf. n. of 1, q. v. ― -b2- Also, High or elevated rank or condition or state [ by which one is distinguished from others ]. (TA.)

مِيزَةٌ ذ [The act of putting, or setting, apart, away, or aside; of removing, or separating ]: a subst. from مَازَهُ. (TA.) ― -b2- [ Discrimination, or discernment: and hence,] understanding. (TA.)

رَجُلٌ مَيَّازٌ ذ , and ↓ مُمَيِّزٌ, [ A man of much discrimination or discernment. ] (A.)

مُمَيِّزٌ ذ [ Distinguishing, or discriminating: and hence, a rational animal]. رَجُلٌ مُمَيِّزٌ: see مَيَّازٌ.

1 مَاسَ ذ , aor. يَمِيسُ, inf. n. مَيْسٌ and مَيَسَانٌ, He walked with an elegant and a proud and selfconceited gait; or so walked with an affected inclining of the body from side to side; (S, M, A, K;) excepting that in the A the fem. forms of the pret. and aor. are given;) as also ↓ تميّس: (S, A, * K:) accord. to the Lth, مَيْسٌ signifies a kind of مَيَسَان, [app. a mistranscription for مَيَلَان, or inclining, ] with, or in, the gait and motion above described, like that of the bride, and of the camel; for he sometimes does this in going along with his هَوْدَج [or litter which serves as a vehicle for women]. (TA.)

4 أَمَاسَتْ جِسْمَهَا ذ [ She (a woman) made her body to incline from side to side in walking in the manner above described. ] (M.)

5 تَمَيَّسَ see 1.

مَيْسٌ ذ A kind of tree, (AHn, S, M, K,) of great size, (A, Hn, M, K,) resembling in its growth and its leaves the [ kind of willow called ] غَرَب: when young, it is white within; but when it grows old, it becomes black, like اآبُنُوس [or ebony ], and so thick that wide tables are made of it; (AHn, M;) and camels' saddles (رِحَال) are made of it. (AHn, S, M.) ― -b2- Hence, A camel's saddle (رَحْلٌ), as being made of the kind of tree above described. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, A species of grape-vine, that rises somewhat upon a trunk, (AHn, M, K, *) not all of it spreading out into branches: (AHn, M:) AHn adds, its native place is the district of El-Jezeereh called Sarooa (سَرُوع), and it is related, of a person of knowledge, that he saw it at Et-Táïf: and hence the name of the raisins called ↓ مَيْسِىّ: (TA:) [but ISd says, in continuation of AHn's account of the former of the trees above mentioned, not of the latter,] an Arab of the desert informed me, that he had seen it at Et-Táïf, and hence, he said, the raisins called مَيْس [not مَيْسِى] are thus named: (M:) [and F says,] مَيْسٌ signifies a kind of raisins; as well as a species of grapevine &c. (K.) ― -b4- Also, [The pole of a plough; ] the long piece of wood that is between the two bulls. (AHn. M.)

مَيْسِىٌّ ذ : see مَيْسٌ.

مَيْسَانٌ ذ : see مَيَّاسٌ.

مَيْسُونٌ ذ : see مَيَّاسٌ. ― -b2- Also, A boy beautiful in stature and face. (K.)

مَيُوسٌ ذ : see مَيَّاسٌ.

مَيَّاسٌ ذ (S, A, K) and ↓ مَيْسَانٌ (Ibn-'Abbád, A, K) and ↓ مَيُوسٌ and ↓ مَائِسٌ (K) One who walks with an elegant and a proud and selfconceited gait; or who so walks with an affected inclining of the body from side to side: (S, A, K:) [or the first and second and third, one who does so much, or often, or habitually: and the last, being a simple act. part. n., one so walking: ] fem. of the first and second, with ة: (A, TA:) and ↓ مَيْسُون signifies the same as مَيَّاسَةٌ, in the sense explained above, applied to a woman, and is of one of the measures not mentioned by Sb, like زَيْتُونٌ; or it is from مَسَنَ, and therefore of the measure فَيْعُولٌ; but more probably from المَيْسُ. (M.) ― -b2- Also, المَيَّاسُ The lion that so walks; (K, TA;) an epithet applied to him because of his little regard for him whom he meets: (TA:) or the lion: (Sgh, TA:) and, (accord. to IDrd, TA,) the wolf; (K;) because he so walks. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, غُصْنٌ مَيَّاسٌ An inclining, or a bending, branch. (M.)

مَائِسٌ ذ : see مَيَّاسٌ.

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1 مَاطَ ذ , (S, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. يَمِيطُ, inf. n. مَيْطٌ (Msb, K) and مَيَطَانٌ, (K,) He removed; retired, or went, to a distance; or became remote; (As, IAar, * A 'Obeyd, S, Msb, K;) عَنْهُ from him; (IAar, A'Obeyd, S, K;) as also ↓ استماط; (TA;) and ↓ اماط; (IAar, A 'Obeyd, S, K;) but As disallows the last in this sense; (S, * Msb;) it occurs, however, in a trad.: (TA:) also, he went away; (S, TA;) and so ↓ اماط: (TA:) and it (a thing) went away. (TA.) ― -b2- He, or it, inclined to one side; or declined; i. q., مَادَ, and حَادَ. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, aor. as above, inf. n. مَيْطٌ, He declined, or deviated, from the right course; or acted unjustly; (AZ, Ks, S, K;) فِى حُكْمِهِ in his judgment. (AZ, Ks, S.) ― -b4- [See also مَيْطٌ, below: and see 3.] -A2- Also, (A 'Obeyd, S, Msb, K,) inf. n. مَيْطٌ; (TA;) and ↓ اماط, (A 'Obeyd, S, Msb, K,) inf. n. اـِمَاطَةٌ; (S, Msb;) or the latter only, accord. to As; (S, * Msb, TA;) He removed, put away, or put at a distance, (A 'Obeyd, S, Msb, K,) him, or it; (A 'Obeyd, S, Msb;) and مَاطَ بِهِ signifies the same as اماطهُ; (Msb;) and some say بِهِ ↓ مَيَّطْتُ [if this be not a mistranscription for مِطْتُ به] in the sense of أَمَطْتُهُ. (TA.) You say, الأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ ↓ أَمَاطَ, (Mgh, TA,) inf. n. اـِمَاطَةٌ, (S, Msb,) He removed, or put away, or put at a distance, what was hurtful from the road, or way; (S, Mgh, Msb, TA;) and [some say] مَاطَهُ, inf. n. مَيْطٌ. (TA.) And it is said in a trad., عَنَّا يَدَكَ ↓ أَمِطْ Remove thou from us thy hand. (TA.) And مَاطَ بِهِ and ↓ اماطهُ signify He took away him, or it; syn. ذَهَبَ بِهِ and أَذْهَبَهُ. (TA.) ― -b2- مَيْطٌ also signifies The act of repelling, impelling, pushing, or thrusting; (S;) and so ↓ مِيَاطٌ: (S, K:) and both signify the act of chiding: (S, K:) the former being an inf. n. of which the verb is مَاطَ, aor. يَمِيطُ: (K:) [the latter, app., an inf. n. of which the verb, namely مايط, is unused; the like being said of هِيَاطٌ, which we find coupled with مِيَاطٌ.] You say, ↓ القَوْمُ فِى هِيَاطٍ وَمِيَاطٍ The people, or company of men, are engaged in making a clamour, and repelling, &c.: (S, in the present art. and in art. هيط:) or هياط and مياط, respectively, signify the most vehement driving in coming to water, and the most vehement driving in returning from water; (Fr, K;) and مَا زَلْنَا بِالهِيَاطِ وَالْمِيَاطِ means we ceased not to be engaged in coming and going: (Fr, TA:) or advancing (Lh, TA) and retreating: (Lh, K:) or labouring, or striving, or conflicting, one with another, to overcome, (Lth, TA,) and inclining [ one towards another ]: (Lth, K:) or collecting together, in a neuter sense, and mutual retiring to a distance: or collecting themselves together for peace or reconciliation, and dissolving themselves from a state of peace or reconciliation: or raising a clamour, or confused noise; and retiring to a distance: or saying No, by God, and Yes, by God. (TA.) [See art. هيط.] You say also, مَا زَالَ فِى هَيْطٍ وَمَيْطٍ, meaning He ceased not to be engaged in crying out, or vociferating, or calling for aid or succour, and in evil, or mischief, and raising a clamour, or confused noise. (K in art. هيط.)

2 مَيَّطْتُ بِهِ ذ : see 1. ― -b2- ميّط بَيْنَهُمَا, inf. n. تَمْيِيطٌ, He wavered between them two. (TA.)

3 مِيَاطٌ ذ : see 1, throughout the greater part of the latter half of the paragraph. ― -b2- بَيْنَهُمَا مُمَايَطَةٌ and مُهَايَطَةٌ and مُعَايَطَةٌ and مُسَايَطَةٌ are said to signify Between them two is low, faint, or gentle, speaking. (TA in art. هيط.)

4 أَمْيَطَ see 1, in five places.

6 تمايطوا ذ They removed, retired, went to a distance, or became remote, one from another; and their mutual state became bad, disordered, or disturbed; (S, K;) contr. of تهايطوا. (Fr, S, in art. هيط.)

10 اـِسْتَمْيَطَ see 1, first sentence.

مَيْطٌ ذ : see 1. ― -b2- It also signifies Inclination: so in the trad., لَوْ كَانَ عُمَرُ مِيزَانًا مَا كَانَ فِيهِ مَيْطُ شَعْرَةٍ [ If 'Omar were a balance, there would not be in it the inclination of a hair ]. (TA.) -A2- Also, A state of mixture, or confusion: mentioned only by IF. (TA.)