يأس

See also: یاس‎, ياس‎, تاش‎, یاش‎, ياش‎, باش‎, باس‎, تاس‎, ئاش‎, and ئاس‎

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of يَئِسَ‎ (yaʔisa, “to despair”), from the root ي ء س‎ (y-ʔ-s).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jaʔs/

Noun

يَأْس • (yaʔs) m

  1. verbal noun of يَئِسَ‎ (yaʔisa, “to despair”) (form I)
  2. despair
    ‏لَا يَأْسَ مَعَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ‎
    lā yaʔsa maʕa l-ḥayāti
    while there's life, there's hope
    (literally, “there's no despair with life”)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: jies
  • → Persian: یاس‎ (yâs)
  • → Turkish: yeis

References

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