ءيا

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the light of the sun, specifically its brightness, radiance, and the halo or disc around it. It also touches upon the concept of something being illuminated or shining brightly.

Derived headwords

إِيَّاةnoun

1.
sunlightboth
The light of the sun, its brightness and radiance.
2.
halo of the sunclassical
The circle or disc of light surrounding the sun, analogous to the halo around the moon.

أَيَّاnoun

1.
sunlightboth
The light of the sun, its brightness and radiance. This form is mentioned as a variant of إياة.

أَيَّاءnoun

1.
sunlightboth
The light of the sun, its brightness and radiance. This form is mentioned as a variant of أيا.

أَيْلِيَّةnoun

1.
brightly shining objectclassical
A term used to describe something that shines brightly, possibly referring to a star or a brightly illuminated object.

Parallel reading

خفاف الخطى مطلنفئات العرائك وإياة الشمس

Light-footed, the brides adorned with jewels and the sunlight.

بكسر الهمزة: ضوءها، وقد تفتح

With a kasra on the hamza: its light, and it may be opened (fatha).

سقته إياة الشمس إلا لثاته ... أسف

The sunlight watered its gums... it was pale.

وأنشد ابن بري لمعن بن أوس: رفعن رقما على أيلية جدد

And Ibn Bri recited for Ma'n bin Aws: They raised a patterned garment on a brightly shining new one.

لاقى أياها أياء الشمس فأتلقا

It met the sunlight, the radiance of the sun, and it shone brightly.

ويقال: الأياة للشمس كالهالة للقمر، وهي الدارة حولها

And it is said: The 'ayyah for the sun is like the halo for the moon, and it is the circle around it.