التيه

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of straying, getting lost, and wandering, often in a desolate or confusing environment. It also extends to abstract notions of arrogance and pride, implying a loss of direction or proper judgment.

Derived headwords

تَاهَverb

1.
to wanderboth
To move about aimlessly or without a fixed course, often in a large or confusing area.
2.
to be lostboth
To lose one's way or direction, unable to find the path.
3.
to be arrogantboth
To behave with excessive pride or haughtiness, losing one's sense of humility.

تَائِهadjective

1.
wanderingboth
Someone or something that is moving aimlessly or has lost its way.
2.
lostboth
Having lost one's direction or path.

تَيَّهَانnoun

1.
wanderingboth
The act or state of wandering or being lost.
2.
arroganceboth
An excessive display of pride or haughtiness.

تَيَّهَانnoun

1.
wanderingboth
The act or state of wandering or being lost.
2.
arroganceboth
An excessive display of pride or haughtiness.

أَتْوَهُverb

1.
to cause to wanderclassical
To lead someone astray or cause them to become lost.

أَتْيَهُverb

1.
to cause to wanderclassical
To lead someone astray or cause them to become lost.

مَفَازَةnoun

1.
desertboth
A large, desolate, and often trackless area of land, typically arid and barren.
2.
wildernessboth
An uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region.

أَتْيَاهnoun

1.
desertsboth
Plural of مفازة, referring to desolate or trackless lands.

أَتَاوِيهnoun

1.
desertsboth
Plural of مفازة, referring to desolate or trackless lands.

ضَلَالnoun

1.
errorboth
A state of being mistaken or deviating from the right path.
2.
misguidanceboth
The act of leading someone astray or being led astray.

تِيْهnoun

1.
arroganceboth
Conceit, haughtiness, and excessive pride.
2.
prideboth
A feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.

تِيْهَانnoun

1.
wanderingboth
The act or state of wandering or being lost.
2.
arroganceboth
An excessive display of pride or haughtiness.

تَيَّاهadjective

1.
wanderingboth
One who wanders or is lost.
2.
arrogantboth
One who is excessively proud or haughty.

تِيْهَانadjective

1.
wanderingboth
One who wanders or is lost.
2.
arrogantboth
One who is excessively proud or haughty.

أَرْضٌ تِيْهadjective

1.
lost landboth
A land that causes one to become lost or wander aimlessly.

تِيْهَاءadjective

1.
lost landboth
A land that causes one to become lost or wander aimlessly.

مَتِيْهَةadjective

1.
lost landboth
A land that causes one to become lost or wander aimlessly.

تِيْهَانadjective

1.
lost landboth
A land that causes one to become lost or wander aimlessly.

تَيَّهَverb

1.
to loseboth
To cause someone to lose their way or become disoriented.

تَافَverb

1.
to fadeclassical
To lose brightness, color, or strength; to become dim or indistinct.

Parallel reading

التيه، بالكسر: الصلف، والكبر

Al-tīh, with a kasra: arrogance, and pride.

تاه، فهو تائه وتياه وتيهان وتيهان، مشددة الياء وتكسر

He wandered, so he is a wanderer (tā'ih), and a wanderer (tayyāh), and wandering (tīhān), and wandering (tīhān), with a doubled ya and a kasra.

وما أتوهه وأتيهه

And what causes him to wander and what makes him lost.

والمفازة ج: أتياه وأتاويه

And the desert (mafāzah), its plural is atyāh and atāwīh.

والضلال

And misguidance.

تاه تيها، ويكسر، وتيهانا، محركة، فهو تياه وتيهان

He wandered a wandering (tīhan), and with a kasra, and a wandering (tīhān), with a vowel, so he is a wanderer (tayyāh) and a wanderer (tīhān).

وأرض تيه، بالكسر، وتيهاء ومتيهة، كسفينة وتضم الميم وكمرحلة ومقعد: مضلة

And a land of wandering (arḍun tīh), with a kasra, and a land of wandering (tīhā'), and a land of wandering (matīhah), like safīnah, and with a damma on the mim, and like marḥalah and maqʿad: a misleader.

وتيهه: ضيعه

And to lose him (tīyah): to cause him to be lost.

وتاه بصره يتيه: تاف

And his sight wandered (tāha) it wanders (yatīh): it faded (tāfa).