أَسَا
Root: اسو
Form: 1
Full Definition
أَسَاI
, (Present.T يَأْسُو S,) Verbal.Noun أَسْوٌ and أَسًا, [but in the S, the latter seems to be mentioned as a simple subst.,] He dressed the wound; treated it curatively, or surgically.
2 [Hence,] هٰذَ أَمْرٌ لَا يُؤْسَى كَلْمُهُ
3 [Hence also,] أَسَا بَيْنَهُمْ, (first pers. أَسَوْتُ, S, Msb, Verbal.Noun أَسْوٌ, S, M,)
def.2 أَسِيَ Present.T يَأْسَي, Verbal.Noun أَسًا or أَسًي, He grieved, or mourned, عَلَيْهِ [for him, or it], and عَلَى مُصِيبَةٍ [for an affliction], and لِفُلَانٍ [for such a one]. [This belongs to the present art. and to art. اسى; but is distinguished in the M and K by being mentioned only in the latter art.; though the Verbal.Noun is mentioned in the K in both arts.] Hence the saying, الإِسَآءُ يَدْفَعُ الأَسَا [Medicine dispels grief, or mourning]
2 [Hence,] هٰذَ أَمْرٌ لَا يُؤْسَى كَلْمُهُ
3 [Hence also,] أَسَا بَيْنَهُمْ, (first pers. أَسَوْتُ, S, Msb, Verbal.Noun أَسْوٌ, S, M,)
def.2 أَسِيَ Present.T يَأْسَي, Verbal.Noun أَسًا or أَسًي, He grieved, or mourned, عَلَيْهِ [for him, or it], and عَلَى مُصِيبَةٍ [for an affliction], and لِفُلَانٍ [for such a one]. [This belongs to the present art. and to art. اسى; but is distinguished in the M and K by being mentioned only in the latter art.; though the Verbal.Noun is mentioned in the K in both arts.] Hence the saying, الإِسَآءُ يَدْفَعُ الأَسَا [Medicine dispels grief, or mourning]
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