ء ي س

Variant of ي ء س‎ (y-ʔ-s). Compare with Hebrew יָאַשׁ‎ (yāʾaš, “to despair”), Aramaic יָאֵשׁ‎ (yaʾəš, “to make desperate”), איעש‎ (“despair”), יְאוּשָׁא‎ (yəʾūšā, “despair”).

ء ي س • (ʔ-y-s)

1. related to giving up

• Form I: أَيِسَ‎ (ʔayisa, “to give up hope”)
  • Verbal noun: أَيْس‎ (ʔays), إِيَاس‎ (ʔiyās)
  • Active participle: آيِس‎ (ʔāyis)
  • Passive participle: مَأْيُوس‎ (maʔyūs)
• Form II: أَيَّسَ‎ (ʔayyasa, “to make desperate; to make soft, to make pliant”)
  • Verbal noun: تَأْيِيس‎ (taʔyīs)
  • Active participle: مُؤَيِّس‎ (muʔayyis)
  • Passive participle: مُؤَيَّس‎ (muʔayyas)
• Form IV: آيَسَ‎ (ʔāyasa, “to lead into desperation”)
  • Verbal noun: إِيئَاس‎ (ʔīʔās)
  • Active participle: مُؤْيِس‎ (muʔyis)
  • Passive participle: مُؤْيَس‎ (muʔyas)
• Form V: تَأَيَّسَ‎ (taʔayyasa, “to become desperate; to become soft, to become pliant”)
  • Verbal noun: تَأَيُّس‎ (taʔayyus)
  • Active participle: مُتَأَيِّس‎ (mutaʔayyis)
• أَيِس‎ (ʔayis, “hopeless, desperate”)

• “yˀš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ˀyˁš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• H2976 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Freytag, Georg (1830), “ء ي س”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 37
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “ء ي س”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 137
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ء ي س”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 98