عاش

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ي ش‎ (ʕ-y-š). Compare Dahalik ዒጸ (‘īša, “to live”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaː.ʃa/
  • (file)

Verb

عَاشَ • (ʕāša) I, non-past يَعِيشُ‎‎ (yaʕīšu)

  1. to live, to be alive

Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “عيش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ي ش‎

Etymology

From Arabic عَاشَ‎ (ʕāša).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaːʃ/, [ʕæːʃ]
  • (file)

Verb

عاش • (ʕāš) (form I, present بعيش‎ (biʕīš), active participle عايش‎ (ʕāyeš))

  1. to live, to be alive
  2. (by extension) to reside (somewhere)
    ‏هو عايش عند أهله، بس بدّه يعيش لحاله.‎‎
    huwwe ʕāyeš ʕend ahlo, bas biddo yʕīš la-ḥālo.
    He's living at his parents' place, but wants to live by himself.
    Synonym: سكن‎ (sakan)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of عاش (ʕāš)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عشت (ʕišt) عشت (ʕišt) عاش (ʕāš) عشنا (ʕišna) عشتو (ʕištu) عاشو (ʕāšu)
f عشتي (ʕišti) عاشت (ʕāšat)
present m بعيش (baʕīš) بتعيش (bitʕīš) بعيش (biʕīš) منعيش (minʕīš) بتعيشو (bitʕīšu) بعيشو (biʕīšu)
f بتعيشي (bitʕīši) بتعيش (bitʕīš)
subjunctive m اعيش (aʕīš) تعيش (tʕīš) يعيش (yʕīš) نعيش (nʕīš) تعيشو (tʕīšu) يعيشو (yʕīšu)
f تعيشي (tʕīši) تعيش (tʕīš)
imperative m عيش (ʕīš) عيشو (ʕīšu)
f عيشي (ʕīši)
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