← Back to Al-Qamus al-Muhit

ءيس

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of despair, hopelessness, and yielding. It extends to meanings of conquest, gentleness, and even specific historical or proper nouns.

Derived headwords

أيسverb
  1. 1.
    to despairboth

    To lose hope completely, to become utterly despondent.

إياساnoun
  1. 1.
    despairboth

    The state of having lost all hope; utter hopelessness.

قنطverb
  1. 1.
    to despairclassical

    To become utterly hopeless, to give up all expectation.

أيستهverb
  1. 1.
    to make despairboth

    To cause someone to lose hope; to make them despondent.

أيستهverb
  1. 1.
    to make despairboth

    To cause someone to lose hope; to make them despondent.

الأيسnoun
  1. 1.
    conquestclassical

    The act of overcoming or subjugating; victory.

إستverb
  1. 1.
    to become softboth

    To become yielding, pliable, or gentle.

أئيسadjective
  1. 1.
    softboth

    Describing someone or something that is yielding, gentle, or pliable.

أيساnoun
  1. 1.
    softnessboth

    The quality of being soft, yielding, or gentle.

الإيسانnoun
  1. 1.
    human beingclassical

    A person; an individual human.

أَيَاسِينnoun
  1. 1.
    human beingsclassical

    Plural of الإيسان, referring to multiple people.

التأييسnoun
  1. 1.
    independenceclassical

    The state of being self-sufficient or autonomous.

  2. 2.
    influenceclassical

    The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something.

  3. 3.
    softeningclassical

    The act or process of making something soft or yielding.

تأيسverb
  1. 1.
    to become softboth

    To become yielding or gentle.

د كانتname
  1. 1.
    Dacianclassical

    A historical people or region, often associated with Armenia, whose territory later came under Islamic rule.

كتابname
  1. 1.
    Kitabclassical

    A name referring to a group of seventeen Companions (Sahaba) and later scholars (muhaddithun).

Parallel reading

أيس منه، كسمع إياسا: قنط
He despaired of it, like 'to hear' (sam'a) with 'despair' (iyasa): to become hopeless.
وأيسته وأيسته.
And he made him despair, and he made him despair.
والأيس: القهر.
And Al-Ays: conquest.
وإست أئيس، بكسرهما، أيسا: لنت.
And 'ista' (he became soft), 'ayis' (soft), with their kasra, 'aysan' (softness): he became gentle.
والإيسان: الإنسان ج: أياسين.
And Al-Isan: the human being, plural: Ayasin.
والتأييس: الاستقلال، والتأثير في الشيء، والتليين.
And At-Ta'yis: independence, influence in a matter, and softening.
وتأيس: لان.
And ta'aysa: he became soft.
ود كانت للأرمن فرضة تلك البلاد صارت للإسلام.
And Dacian (Dacian territory) was a passage for the Armenians; those lands became for Islam.
وككتاب: سبعة عشر صحابيا، ومحدثون.
And like Kitab: seventeen Companions, and traditionists.