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عيز

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to a specific, possibly archaic, term for a vocalization or sound used to herd sheep. It is noted as a variant of another word and its usage seems limited.

Derived headwords

عِيزnoun
  1. 1.
    herding callclassical

    A specific vocalization or sound used to drive or herd sheep.

عِيزverb
  1. 1.
    to herd sheepclassical

    To use the specific vocalization 'عيز' to drive or herd sheep.

حِيزnoun
  1. 1.
    spaceboth

    An area, space, or enclosure.

Parallel reading

عيز عيز، مكسوران مبنيان على الفتح، ويفتحان: زجر للضأن
ʿīz ʿīz, both with kasra, built on fath, and they are vocalized with fath: a call for sheep.
أهمله الجوهري، ونقله الصاغاني ونص عبارته هكذا: وعيز عيز، مكسوران مبنيان على السكون ويفتحان.
Al-Jawhari neglected it, and Al-Saghani transmitted it, and the text of his statement is thus: and ʿīz ʿīz, both with kasra, built on sukun and they are vocalized with fath.
وفي كلام المصنف مخالفة ظاهرة
And in the author's words, there is an apparent contradiction.
ثم إنه لغة في حيز حيز بالحاء، وقد ذكر في موضعه.
Then it is a dialectal variant for ḥīz ḥīz with the letter ha, and it has been mentioned in its proper place.