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يعع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to sounds, specifically the cries or calls of children and groups, and also to a type of children's game involving throwing objects.

Derived headwords

اليَعْيَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    child's throwing gameclassical

    A game played by children where one throws an object to another.

يَعْverb
  1. 1.
    to shoo awayclassical

    A sound used to shoo a child away from touching something dirty or undesirable.

اليَعْيَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    calling outclassical

    The sounds made by a group of people when they call out to each other, saying 'ya' 'ya'.

Parallel reading

هو من فعال الصبيان، إذا رمى أحدهم الشيء إلى آخر
It is from the games of children, when one of them throws a thing to another.
ولا تكسر ياؤه كما تكسر زاي الزلزال، كراهية الكسرة في الياء
And its yaa is not vocalized with a kasra as the zaa of 'zilzal' is, due to dislike of the kasra on the yaa.
أمست كهامة يعياع تدوالها ... أيدي الأوازع ما تلقى وما تذر
It has become like the ruin of a throwing game, tossed about by the hands of the birds of prey, which neither leave nor spare.
زجر للصبي عن تناول الشيء القذر
A shooing away of a child from touching something dirty.
كقول العجم: كخ بفتح الكاف، والكسر أشهر
Like the saying of the non-Arabs: 'kakh' with a fatha on the kaf, and the kasra is more famous.
أصوات القوم إذا تداعوا، فقالوا: ياع ياع
The sounds of people when they call out to each other, saying: 'yaa' 'yaa'.