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عيث

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

The root عيث primarily relates to causing corruption, destruction, or mischief. It can also refer to a specific type of searching or seeking something by touch.

Derived headwords

عَاثَverb
  1. 1.
    Corruption, mischief.both

    Corruption, mischief.

العَيْثُnoun
  1. 1.
    corruptionboth

    The act or state of corruption, destruction, or mischief.

تَعَيَّثَverb
  1. 1.
    to seek by touchclassical

    To search for something by feeling with one's hand, without being able to see it.

التَّعْيِيثُnoun
  1. 1.
    seeking by touchclassical

    The act of searching for something by feeling with one's hand, without being able to see it.

Parallel reading

العيث: الا فساد.
Corruption: the فساد (destruction/corruption).
يقال عاث الذئب في الغنم
It is said, 'The wolf caused corruption among the sheep.'
والتعييث: طلب شئ باليد من غير أن يبصره.
And التعيث (seeking by touch) is searching for something by hand without seeing it.
فعيث ساعة أفقرنه بالايفاق والرمى أو باستلال
So I sought by touch for a moment, I made it accessible by guiding and throwing, or by stealth.