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الءيض
Root entry · 3 derived lemmasThis root primarily concerns the concept of returning, going back, or reverting to something. It also extends to the idea of transformation, changing from one state to another, and repetition.
Derived headwords
آضَverb
- 1.to returnboth
To go back to a place, state, or condition.
- 2.to becomeclassical
To transform into something else; to change from one state to another.
يَئيضُverb
- 1.returnsboth
The present tense form of the verb 'to return'.
- 2.becomesclassical
The present tense form of the verb 'to become' or 'to transform'.
أَيْضٌnoun
- 1.returnboth
The act of returning, going back, or reverting.
- 2.transformationclassical
The process of changing from one state or condition to another.
- 3.repetitionclassical
The act of doing something again or repeatedly.
Parallel reading
العود إلى الشيء
Returning to the thing
آض يئيض
He returned, he returns
وصيرورة الشيء غيره
And the becoming of a thing into something else
وتحويله من حاله
And its transformation from its state
والرجوع
And the return
آض كذا: صار
So-and-so became: it became
وفعل ذلك أيضا: إذا فعله معاودا
And he did that again: if he did it repeatedly
فاستعير لمعنى الصيرورة
So it was metaphorically used for the meaning of becoming