عَشَا
Root: عشو
Form: 1
Full Definition
عَشَاI
, first pers. عَشَوْتُ, Present.T يَعْشُو, Verbal.Noun عَشْوٌ and عُشُوٌّ; as also عَشِىَ, like رَضِىَ [i. e. having for its Present.T يَعْشَى, but the Verbal.Noun is app. عَشًا, as in the similar sense expl. in the next sentence]; i. q.
, [which is more commonly used than either of preceding verbs, and] which signifies He ate the [eveningmeal, or evening-repast, or supper, i. e. what is called the] عَشَآء. And عَشِيَتِ
الإِبِلُ, Present.T تَعْشَى, Verbal.Noun عَشًا, i. q.
[i. e. The camels ate the evening-pasture, or evening-feed, called the
عَشَآء].
2 And عَشَاهُ, first pers. عَشَوْتُهُ, Present.T يَعْشُوهُ, Verbal.Noun عَشْوٌ; and Verbal.Noun عَشْىٌ also, thus correctly, as in the M, عشيانًا in [some of] the copies of the K being a mistake for عَشْيًا, the Present.T being also يَعْشِيهِ; i. q. , [which is more commonly used than either of the preceding verbs,] Verbal.Noun تَعْشِيَةٌ, i. e. He fed him with the [evening-meal, or supper, or the evening-pasture or evening-feed, i. e. what is called the] عَشَآء; as also : and عَشَا الإِبِلَ, like دَعَا [i. e. having for its Present.T يَعْشُو]; and ; He pastured the camels by night.
def.2 عَشَوْتُهُ also signifies I repaired, or betook myself, to, or towards, him, or it, by night: and hence عَاشٍ is applied to any one repairing, or betaking himself, to or towards [an object].
2 And عَشَوْتُ إِلَى النَّارِ, Present.T أَعْشُو, Verbal.Noun عَشْوٌ, I sought to be directed, or guided, or I directed, or guided, myself, by weak eyesight, to the fire: or I looked at the fire, or endeavoured to see it, and repaired, or betook myself, to it, or towards it; and I saw it, or looked towards it trying whether I could see it, and sought to be directed, or guided, to it by its light: El-Hotei-ah says,
3 And عَشَا عَنِ النَّارِ He turned away and went from the light of the fire.
4 And عَشَوْتُ عَنْهُ I went, or turned, from him, or it, to another: whence, it is said, the saying in the Kur [xlii. 35], وَمَنْ يَعْشُ عَنْ ذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ [And such as turns from the admonition of the Compassionate]. [This and other meanings expl. below are app. from what here next follows.]
5 عَشِىَ, Present.T يَعْشَى, dual يَعْشَيَانِ, not يَعْشَوَانِ, Verbal.Noun عَشًا, He was, or became, weak-sighted: or he did not see by night, but saw by day: or he had bad sight by night and by day: or he was, or became, blind: [said of a man, and of a beast of the equine kind, and of a camel, and of a bird: (see عَشًا, below:)] and عَشَا, Present.T يَعْشُو, signifies the same: or the two verbs differ in meaning; so as that وَمَنْ يَعْشَ عَنْ ذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ, in the Kur xliii. 35, thus read by some, means
6 عَشِىَ عَلَيْهِ, Verbal.Noun عَشًا, means He wronged him; treated him wrongfully, injuriously, unjustly, or tyrannically: mentioned by ISd.
2 And عَشَاهُ, first pers. عَشَوْتُهُ, Present.T يَعْشُوهُ, Verbal.Noun عَشْوٌ; and Verbal.Noun عَشْىٌ also, thus correctly, as in the M, عشيانًا in [some of] the copies of the K being a mistake for عَشْيًا, the Present.T being also يَعْشِيهِ; i. q. , [which is more commonly used than either of the preceding verbs,] Verbal.Noun تَعْشِيَةٌ, i. e. He fed him with the [evening-meal, or supper, or the evening-pasture or evening-feed, i. e. what is called the] عَشَآء; as also : and عَشَا الإِبِلَ, like دَعَا [i. e. having for its Present.T يَعْشُو]; and ; He pastured the camels by night.
def.2 عَشَوْتُهُ also signifies I repaired, or betook myself, to, or towards, him, or it, by night: and hence عَاشٍ is applied to any one repairing, or betaking himself, to or towards [an object].
2 And عَشَوْتُ إِلَى النَّارِ, Present.T أَعْشُو, Verbal.Noun عَشْوٌ, I sought to be directed, or guided, or I directed, or guided, myself, by weak eyesight, to the fire: or I looked at the fire, or endeavoured to see it, and repaired, or betook myself, to it, or towards it; and I saw it, or looked towards it trying whether I could see it, and sought to be directed, or guided, to it by its light: El-Hotei-ah says,
[When thou comest to him, looking with blinking eyes towards the light of his fire and seeking to be guided by it thereto, thou findest the best fire, and at it is the best kindler]; meaning مَتَى تَأْتِهِ عَاشِيًا; using the marfooa verb between two verbs whereof each is mejzoom because the verb in the future tense when it occurs in the place of a denotative of state is marfooa: or عَشَا النَّارَ and إِلَى النَّارِ, Verbal.Noun عَشْوٌ and عُشُوٌّ; as also اعتشى النَّارَ and بِالنَّارِ; signifies he saw the fire by night fromمَتَى تأْتِهِ تَعْشُو إِلَى ضَوْءِ نَارِهِ تَجِدْ خَيْرَ نَارٍ عِنْدَهَا خَيْرُ مُوقِدِ
3 And عَشَا عَنِ النَّارِ He turned away and went from the light of the fire.
4 And عَشَوْتُ عَنْهُ I went, or turned, from him, or it, to another: whence, it is said, the saying in the Kur [xlii. 35], وَمَنْ يَعْشُ عَنْ ذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ [And such as turns from the admonition of the Compassionate]. [This and other meanings expl. below are app. from what here next follows.]
5 عَشِىَ, Present.T يَعْشَى, dual يَعْشَيَانِ, not يَعْشَوَانِ, Verbal.Noun عَشًا, He was, or became, weak-sighted: or he did not see by night, but saw by day: or he had bad sight by night and by day: or he was, or became, blind: [said of a man, and of a beast of the equine kind, and of a camel, and of a bird: (see عَشًا, below:)] and عَشَا, Present.T يَعْشُو, signifies the same: or the two verbs differ in meaning; so as that وَمَنْ يَعْشَ عَنْ ذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ, in the Kur xliii. 35, thus read by some, means
6 عَشِىَ عَلَيْهِ, Verbal.Noun عَشًا, means He wronged him; treated him wrongfully, injuriously, unjustly, or tyrannically: mentioned by ISd.
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