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عيي

Root entry · 38 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of inability, failure, or being stumped. It encompasses being unable to accomplish a task, understand something, or articulate oneself. It also extends to exhaustion, particularly in animals, and can describe something incurable or difficult.

Derived headwords

عَيِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be unableboth

    To be incapable of doing something or understanding it; to be stumped.

  2. 2.
    to be unable to speakclassical

    To be unable to articulate or express oneself clearly.

عَيِيَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to be stumped by itboth

    To be rendered incapable or bewildered by a matter.

أَعْيَاverb
  1. 1.
    to exhaustboth

    To cause someone or something to become tired or exhausted.

  2. 2.
    to make unableboth

    To render someone incapable or stumped by a matter.

  3. 3.
    to be incurableclassical

    To be a disease or condition that cannot be cured or treated.

عَيَّاءadjective
  1. 1.
    exhaustedboth

    Describing an animal, especially a camel, that is exhausted from travel.

  2. 2.
    unable to performboth

    Describing a male animal that is unable to perform its mating duties or a man who is incapable in speech or action.

  3. 3.
    incurableboth

    Describing a disease that is difficult or impossible to cure.

عَيَّاءٌadjective
  1. 1.
    incapableclassical

    Describing someone who is incapable or unable to perform a task or speak effectively.

عَيِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    incapableboth

    Describing someone who is unable to perform a task or speak clearly.

عَيِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    incapableclassical

    Describing someone who is unable to perform a task or speak clearly.

أَعْيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    exhausted onesclassical

    Plural of 'ma'iy' (معي), referring to exhausted animals.

  2. 2.
    incapable onesclassical

    Plural of 'ayyay' (عياياء), referring to incapable individuals.

أَعْيِيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    incapable onesclassical

    Plural of 'ayyay' (عياياء), referring to incapable individuals.

عَيَاnoun
  1. 1.
    inability to speakclassical

    A condition of being unable to speak or articulate clearly; speech impediment.

تَعَايَاverb
  1. 1.
    to be unable to find a wayclassical

    To be unable to find the right way to do something or achieve a goal.

  2. 2.
    to be unable to masterclassical

    To be unable to properly accomplish or perfect a task.

اسْتَعْيَاverb
  1. 1.
    to be unable to find a wayclassical

    To be unable to find the right way to do something or achieve a goal.

تَعَيَّاverb
  1. 1.
    to be unable to find a wayclassical

    To be unable to find the right way to do something or achieve a goal.

عَيَانadjective
  1. 1.
    incapableclassical

    Describing someone who is unable to find the way or accomplish a task.

مَعِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    exhaustedboth

    Describing an animal, especially a camel, that is exhausted from travel.

مَعَايَاnoun
  1. 1.
    exhausted onesclassical

    Plural of 'ma'iy' (معي), referring to exhausted animals.

مَعَايnoun
  1. 1.
    exhausted onesclassical

    Plural of 'ma'iy' (معي), referring to exhausted animals.

فَحْلٌ عَيَّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    impotent studboth

    A male animal, particularly a stud, that is unable to perform its mating duties.

رَجُلٌ عَيَّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    incapable manboth

    A man who is incapable of performing a task or speaking effectively.

دَاءٌ عَيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    incurable diseaseboth

    A disease that is difficult or impossible to cure.

أَعْيَا الأَطِبَّاءverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to stump the doctorsclassical

    To present a medical case so difficult that doctors are unable to find a cure.

أَعْيَاهُ الدَّاءverb phrase
  1. 1.
    the disease incapacitated himboth

    The illness rendered him unable to function or be treated.

المُعَايَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    obscurityclassical

    The act of presenting something obscure, like riddles or ambiguous speech, that is difficult to understand.

  2. 2.
    difficulty of comprehensionclassical

    The state of being difficult to understand or comprehend.

عَايَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to obscure itclassical

    To make something obscure or difficult to understand, often through riddles or ambiguous language.

الأُحْجِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    riddleclassical

    A puzzle or question that is difficult to understand or solve, often presented in an obscure way.

بَنُو عَيَاءname
  1. 1.
    Banu 'Ayyā'classical

    A tribe from the Jurm lineage.

وَعِيعَايَةname
  1. 1.
    Waqi'āyahclassical

    A tribe from the 'Adwān lineage.

المِعْيَاnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of treeclassical

    A specific type of tree, possibly referring to a thorny or difficult-to-handle plant.

عِيَايَةname
  1. 1.
    a tribeclassical

    A tribal name, possibly related to the root's meaning of difficulty or inability.

عَيِيْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to not know itclassical

    To be ignorant of something; to not know it.

العِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    inarticulatenessclassical

    The opposite of eloquence; the inability to speak clearly or express oneself.

العَيِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    inarticulateclassical

    Unable to speak clearly or express oneself.

العَيَّاءadjective
  1. 1.
    incurableclassical

    Describing a disease that is difficult or impossible to cure.

العَيَّاءadjective
  1. 1.
    incapableclassical

    Describing someone who is incapable or unable to perform a task or speak effectively.

العَيَّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    inability to speakclassical

    A condition of being unable to speak or articulate clearly; speech impediment.

العَيَّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    foolishnessclassical

    Stupidity or foolishness.

بَنُو أَعْيَاname
  1. 1.
    Banu A'yā'classical

    A tribe from the Asad lineage.

عَوَّيَانnoun
  1. 1.
    exhausted onesclassical

    A name given to a group, possibly derived from the concept of exhaustion in walking.

Parallel reading

عَيِيَ الرجلُ بالأمرِ
The man was stumped by the matter.
عجز به؛ ولا يقال: أعيا به.
He was incapable of it; and it is not said: 'He was made incapable by it'.
عيي عن حجته
He was unable to present his argument.
أعيا عليه الأمر
The matter became difficult for him.
تعايا واستعيا وتعيا إذا لم يهتد لوجه مراده
They were unable to find the way or accomplish it when they did not find the direction of their intent.
عيوا بأمرهم كما عيت ببيضتها الحمامه
They were perplexed by their affair, just as the dove was perplexed by her eggs.
عيي في المنطق، عيا بالكسر: حصر
He was tongue-tied in speech, 'ayyā' (with kasra): he was restrained.
العي خلاف البيان
Al-'ayy is the opposite of eloquence.
العي عجز يلحق من تولى الأمر والكلام
Al-'ayy is an inability that befalls one who undertakes a matter or speech.
أعيا الماشي: كل، فهو معي، منقوص، ولا تقل عيان
The walker became exhausted: he became tired, so he is 'ma'iy', defective, and do not say 'ayyan'.
وإبل معايا ومعاي، كلاهما جمع معي: أي معيية قد كلت من السير
And camels that are 'ma'āyā' and 'ma'āy', both are plurals of 'ma'iy': meaning, exhausted from the journey.
وفحل عياء، كسحاب، وعياياء؛ لا يهتدي للضراب
And a stud ('fahl') that is 'ayyā', like 'sahāb', and 'ayyāyā'; unable to perform the mating.
رجل عياياء؛ ومنه حديث أم زرع: زوجي عياياء، أي عيي عاجز
A man is 'ayyāyā'; and from this is the Hadith of Umm Zar': 'My husband is 'ayyāyā'', meaning incapable and helpless.
وداء عياء: لا يبرأ منه
And an 'ayyā' disease: one from which there is no recovery.
صعب لا دواء له كأنه أعيا الأطباء
Difficult with no cure, as if it had stumped the doctors.
وأعياه الداء: أعجزه عن مداواته
And the disease incapacitated him: it made him unable to treat it.
المعاياة: أن تأتي بكلام لا يهتدى له كالتعمية والألغاز
Al-Mu'āyāh: is to bring forth speech that cannot be understood, like ambiguity and riddles.
إياك ومسائل المعاياة فإنها صعبة المعاناة
Beware of the questions of 'al-mu'āyāh', for they are difficult to endure.
والأعيية، كأثفية: ما عاييت به صاحبك مثال الأحجية
And 'al-a'iyyah', like 'athfiyah': is what you presented to your companion as a riddle.
وبنو عياء، كسحاب: حي من جرم
And Banu 'Ayyā', like 'sahāb': a tribe from Jurm.
وعيعاية: حي من عدوان
And Waqi'āyah: a tribe from 'Adwān.
وعياية: حي
And 'Ayyāyah: a tribe.
وعييته، كرضيته: جهلته
And I 'ayyad-tuhu', like 'radi-tuhu': I did not know it.
لا يعياه أحد، أي لا يجهله أحد
No one is ignorant of him, meaning no one does not know him.
وأعيا علي الأمر وأعياني
And the matter became difficult for me and exhausted me.
وأعيت أن تجيب رقى لراق
And she was unable to answer the incantations of an enchanter.
فإن الكثر أعياني قديما ولم أقتر لدن أني غلام
Indeed, abundance has exhausted me since olden times, and I was not stingy when I was a youth.
وأعيا به بعيره وأذم سواء، وهو يعيي كيحيي، ومنهم من أدغم
And his camel exhausted him, and 'adhimm' is the same, and he is 'yu'iyyi' like 'yuḥyiyi', and some of them assimilate.
فكأنها بين النساء سبيكة تمشي بسدة بيتها فتعي
As if she were among the women a gold ingot, walking at the entrance of her house, and she was unable to speak.
والداء العياء: الحمق
And the 'ayyā' disease: foolishness.
وأعييته فأعيا: أتعبته فتعب؛ لازم متعد
And I exhausted him, so he became exhausted: I tired him, so he became tired; intransitive and transitive.
وبنو أعيا: قبيلة من أسد
And Banu A'yā': a tribe from Asad.