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ي ش ش

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to the concept of joy or happiness. However, the provided text is very brief and discusses the root's obscurity and potential variations in pronunciation and meaning.

Derived headwords

يَشُّverb
  1. 1.
    to be joyfulclassical

    To experience happiness or delight.

أَشَّverb
  1. 1.
    to be joyfulclassical

    To experience happiness or delight. This form is considered by some to have a hamza that is an alteration of a 'h'.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان
Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan neglected it.
وقال الصاغاني عن ابن الأعرابي: يش وأش، إذا فرح
And Al-Saghani said, from Ibn Al-A'rabi: 'Yash and Ash, if joyful.'
أما أش فإن همزته مبدلة من الهاء
As for 'Ash', its hamza is an alteration from a 'h'.
وأما يش، بالياء، فلا أدري كيف هو
And as for 'Yash', with the ya', I do not know how it is.