م ي س

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of strutting, swaggering, and walking with a proud, swaying gait. It extends to related ideas like vanity, arrogance, and sometimes implies a playful or boastful demeanor. The root also encompasses names for animals, plants, places, and personal names associated with these characteristics.

Derived headwords

المَيْسnoun

1.
struttingboth
The act of walking with a proud, swaying, and ostentatious gait.
2.
type of treeclassical
Large trees resembling the gharab tree, with white pith when young, turning black and hard like ebony when old, used for making wide tables and saddles.
3.
type of raisinclassical
A specific kind of raisin.
4.
type of vineclassical
A type of vine that grows upright on a single stem without much branching.
5.
saddleclassical
A saddle, originally derived from the tree of the same name due to its frequent use in making saddles.
6.
long poleclassical
A long wooden pole placed between two oxen.

المَيْسَانnoun

1.
struttingboth
A type of strutting and swaying gait, similar to how a bride or a camel walks.
2.
swayerboth
One who struts or sways proudly in their walk.
3.
starclassical
A star in the constellation Gemini, located between the two stars of the Pleiades.
4.
shining starclassical
Any bright star.

التميسnoun

1.
struttingboth
The act of strutting or walking with a proud gait.

ماسَverb

1.
to strutboth
To walk with a proud, swaying, and ostentatious gait; to swagger.
2.
to be playfulclassical
To be playful or mischievous.
3.
to increaseclassical
God caused the illness to increase.

مَيْسًاnoun

1.
struttingboth
A proud and swaying gait.
2.
playfulnessclassical
Mischievousness or playfulness.

مَيْسَانًاnoun

1.
struttingboth
A proud and swaying gait.

مَائِسadjective

1.
struttingboth
One who struts or walks with a proud, swaying gait.

مَيُوسadjective

1.
struttingboth
One who struts or walks with a proud, swaying gait.

مَيَّاسadjective

1.
struttingboth
A man or woman who walks with a proud, swaying gait.
2.
lionclassical
A lion, characterized by its proud and fearless demeanor.
3.
wolfclassical
A wolf, due to its swaying gait.
4.
boastfulclassical
Arrogant or boastful, showing little concern for those encountered.

مَيَّاسَةadjective

1.
struttingboth
A woman who walks with a proud, swaying gait.

المَيَّاسname

1.
lionclassical
A name for a lion, known for its proud demeanor.
2.
boastful personclassical
An arrogant or boastful person, showing little concern for others.
3.
wolfclassical
A name for a wolf, due to its swaying gait.

مَيَّاسُونname

1.
name of a queenclassical
The name of Queen Zabbā', a historical queen.
2.
name of a womanclassical
The name of Maysun bint Bahl, mother of Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah.
3.
woman who strutsclassical
A woman who is ostentatious and walks with a proud gait.

المَيْسُونnoun

1.
handsome youthclassical
A youth with a fine stature and face.
2.
ostentatious womanclassical
A woman who is ostentatious and walks with a proud gait.

مَيْسَانname

1.
regionclassical
A well-known district in the southern part of Iraq, between Basra and Wasit.
2.
night of the full moonclassical
The night of the fourteenth day of the lunar month, i.e., the night of the full moon.
3.
starclassical
One of the two stars of Al-Haq'ah, located between the Pleiades and the Milky Way.

مَيْسَانِيّadjective

1.
from Maysanclassical
Relating to or originating from the region of Maysan.

مَيْسَنَانِيّadjective

1.
from Maysanclassical
Relating to or originating from the region of Maysan, with an unusual addition of 'nun'.
2.
type of fabricclassical
A type of striped fabric.

التمييسnoun

1.
tailoringclassical
The act of making a garment with a train or tail.

غصن مياسother

1.
swaying branchclassical
A branch that is bent or swaying.

الميسنnoun

1.
type of fabricclassical
A type of fabric, possibly striped.

Parallel reading

ماسَ يميسُ مَيْسًا ومَيْسانًا: تبختر واختال

He strutted, he struts, with strutting and with a proud gait: he strutted and was arrogant.

فهو مائس وميوس، كصبور، ومياس، كشداد

He is strutting and strutted, like sabur, and strutting, like shaddad.

الميس: ضرب من الميسان، في تبختر وتهاد، كما تميس العروس، والجمل

Al-Mays: a type of Al-Maysan, with strutting and swaying, just as a bride and a camel sway.

ورجل مياس، وجارية مياسة، إذا كانا يتبختران في مشيتهما

And a strutting man, and a strutting woman, if they were strutting in their walk.

تدخل قيسا وتخرج! ميسا، أي تتبختر في مشيتها وتتثنى

She enters Qays and exits! Maysa, meaning she struts in her walk and sways.

وما الله المرض فيه يميسه: كثرة

And God made the illness in them increase: abundance.

والمياس: الأسد، وعلى هذا إقتصر الصاغاني، وزاد المصنف: المتبختر، وهو المختال لقلة إكتراثه بمن يلقاه، وهو نعت له

And Al-Mayyas: the lion, and on this Al-Sagani limited himself, and the author added: the strutting one, who is arrogant due to his lack of concern for those he meets, and it is an attribute of him.

وقيل: المياس الذئب، عن ابن دريد، لأنه يميس في مشيته

And it was said: Al-Mayyas is the wolf, from Ibn Duraid, because he sways in his walk.

والميسون، بالفتح: الغلام الحسن القد والوجه، فعلون من ماس يميس

And Al-Mayasun, with the fathah: the handsome youth in stature and face, derived from 'mas' (he strutted).

وميسون: اسم الزباء الملكة، هكذا نقله الصاغاني

And Maysun: the name of Queen Zabba, thus it was transmitted by Al-Sagani.

والميسان: المتبختر في مشيته، عن ابن عباد، رجل مياس وميسان، وامرأة مياسة وميسانة

And Al-Maysan: the one who struts in his walk, from Ibn Abbad, a strutting man and Maysan, and a strutting woman and Maysanah.

والميسان: نجم من الجوزاء

And Al-Maysan: a star from Gemini.

الميس: شجر عظام، يشبه في نباته وورقه بالغرب

Al-Mays: large trees, resembling the gharab tree in their growth and leaves.

والميس: ضرب من الكروم ينهض على ساق بعض النهوض، لم يتفرع كله، عن أبي حنيفة

And Al-Mays: a type of vine that rises on a stem with some elevation, not fully branched, from Abu Hanifa.

والتمييس: التذييل، ومنه قول العجاج السابق: وميساني لها مميسا أي مذيلا، له ذيل، يعني ثيابا تنسج بميسان

And Al-Tamyis: the act of making a train, and from it is the previous saying of Al-A'ajj: and Maysani has a train, meaning with a train, meaning clothes woven in Maysan.

والميس: الرحل، وأصله في الشجر، فلما كثر إتخاذ الرحل منه، قالت العرب: الميس: الرحل

And Al-Mays: the saddle, and its origin is in the tree, and when saddles were frequently made from it, the Arabs said: Al-Mays: the saddle.

وأماس الله المرض فيهم: كثره، مثل ماسه، كذا في النوادر

And God caused the illness among them to increase: He made it abundant, like 'massa', as stated in Al-Nawadir.