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الميس

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of strutting, swaggering, or walking with pride. It also extends to meanings of madness, disease, and specific animals like lions and wolves, as well as plants and astronomical terms.

Derived headwords

المَيْسnoun
  1. 1.
    struttingboth

    The act of walking with a proud, swaggering gait.

  2. 2.
    madnessclassical

    A state of being mad or insane.

  3. 3.
    diseaseclassical

    A widespread illness or affliction.

  4. 4.
    large treesclassical

    Refers to large trees.

  5. 5.
    type of raisinclassical

    A specific kind of dried grape.

  6. 6.
    type of vineclassical

    A variety of vine that grows upright on a stem.

المَيْسَانnoun
  1. 1.
    strutterboth

    One who walks with a proud, swaggering gait.

  2. 2.
    star in Geminiclassical

    A star belonging to the constellation Gemini.

  3. 3.
    any bright starclassical

    Any star that shines brightly.

  4. 4.
    regionclassical

    A district or area located between Basra and Wasit.

  5. 5.
    night of the full moonclassical

    The night when the moon is full.

  6. 6.
    star in Al-Haq'ahclassical

    One of the stars in the lunar mansion Al-Haq'ah.

التَّمَيُّسnoun
  1. 1.
    struttingboth

    The act of walking with a proud, swaggering gait.

  2. 2.
    trailingclassical

    The act of appending or adding something, like a trailing garment.

ماسَ يَميسُverb
  1. 1.
    to strutboth

    To walk with a proud, swaggering gait.

  2. 2.
    to go madclassical

    To become insane or lose one's mind.

  3. 3.
    to be afflicted with diseaseclassical

    To suffer from a widespread illness or affliction.

مائِسadjective
  1. 1.
    struttingboth

    One who walks with a proud, swaggering gait.

مَيُوسadjective
  1. 1.
    struttingclassical

    One who walks with a proud, swaggering gait.

مَيَّاسadjective
  1. 1.
    struttingboth

    One who walks with a proud, swaggering gait.

  2. 2.
    lionclassical

    A proud and strutting lion.

  3. 3.
    wolfclassical

    A proud and strutting wolf.

  4. 4.
    horseclassical

    A specific horse belonging to Shiqq bin Juz' al-Qutbi.

المَيَّاسnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    A strutting lion.

  2. 2.
    wolfclassical

    A strutting wolf.

  3. 3.
    horseclassical

    A horse belonging to Shiqq bin Juz' al-Qutbi.

المَيْسُونnoun
  1. 1.
    handsome youthclassical

    A young boy with a good stature and face.

مَيْسُونname
  1. 1.
    name of a queenclassical

    The name of Queen Al-Zabba'.

  2. 2.
    name of a motherclassical

    The name of Bint Hadhil, mother of Yazid bin Mu'awiyah.

مَيْسَانِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    related to Maysanclassical

    Pertaining to the region of Maysan.

مَيْسَنَانِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    related to Maysanclassical

    Pertaining to the region of Maysan.

Parallel reading

المَيْسُ والمَيْسَانُ والتَّمَيُّسُ: التَّبَخْتُرُ
Al-Mays, Al-Mayasan, and Al-Tamayyus: strutting.
ماسَ يَميسُ، فَهُوَ مائِسٌ ومَيُوسٌ ومَيَّاسٌ
He strutted, so he is strutting (active participle).
وماَسَ أيضاً: مَجِنَ
And he also went mad.
واللهُ المَرَضَ فيهِ: كَثُرَهُ
And God afflicted him with disease: made it abundant for him.
والمَيَّاسُ: الأَسَدُ المُتَبَخْتِرُ، والذِّئْبُ، وفَرَسٌ شَقِيقُ بنُ جُزْءٍ القُتَبِيِّ
And Al-Mayyas: the strutting lion, the wolf, and the horse of Shiqq bin Juz' al-Qutbi.
والمَيْسُون: الغُلامُ الحَسَنُ القَدِّ والوَجْهِ
And Al-Mayasun: the youth of good stature and face.
ومَيْسُون: اسمُ الزَّبَّاءِ المَلِكَةِ، وبِنْتُ بَحْدَلٍ أُمُّ يَزِيدَ بنِ مُعاوِيَةَ
And Maysun: the name of Queen Al-Zabba', and Bint Hadhil, mother of Yazid bin Mu'awiyah.
والمَيْسَانُ: المُتَبَخْتِرُ، ونَجْمٌ مِنَ الجَوْزاءِ، أو كُلُّ نَجْمٍ زاهِرٍ
And Al-Mayasan: the strutting one, a star from Gemini, or every bright star.
ج: مَياسِينُ، وكُورَةٌ ما بَيْنَ البَصْرَةِ وَواصِطٍ
Plural: Mayasin, and a region between Basra and Wasit.
والنِّسْبَةُ: مَيْسانِيٌّ ومَيْسَنَانِيٌّ
And the attribution: Maysani and Maysanani.
واسْمٌ لِلَيْلَةِ البَدْرِ، وأَحَدُ كَوْكَبَيِ الهَقْعَةِ
And a name for the night of the full moon, and one of the two stars of Al-Haq'ah.
والمَيْسُ: شَجَرٌ عِظامٌ، ونَوْعٌ مِنَ الزَّبِيبِ، وضَرْبٌ مِنَ الكُرُومِ يَنْهَضُ على ساقٍ
And Al-Mays: large trees, a type of raisin, and a kind of vine that grows upright on a stem.
والتَّمْيِيسُ: التَّذْيِيلُ
And Al-Tamyis: trailing.