عيّث
Root: عيث
Form: 2
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عيّثII
, Verbal.Noun تَعْيِيثٌ, He searched [or groped] for a thing with the hand, without his seeing it: or, said of a blind man, he searched [or groped] for a thing: and, said of a man possessing sight, he searched [or groped] for a thing in the dark: written by Kr with غ. [It is said in the TA, in art. غيث, that ISd thought عيّث, with the unpointed ع, to be a mistranscription; but that it is correct.]
2 And hence, عيّث فِى الكِنَانَةِ He put his hand into the quiver to search for an arrow: or he turned about his hand in the quiver to search for the arrow.
3 عيّث يَفْعَلُ كَذَا He set about, began, or commenced, doing such a thing.
4 عَيَّثَتْ طَيْرُهُ [lit.] His birds [from which he augured] became confused to him; [meaning
5 عيّث فِى السَّنَامِ He made a mark, or an impression, upon the camel's hump with a knife.
2 And hence, عيّث فِى الكِنَانَةِ He put his hand into the quiver to search for an arrow: or he turned about his hand in the quiver to search for the arrow.
3 عيّث يَفْعَلُ كَذَا He set about, began, or commenced, doing such a thing.
4 عَيَّثَتْ طَيْرُهُ [lit.] His birds [from which he augured] became confused to him; [meaning
5 عيّث فِى السَّنَامِ He made a mark, or an impression, upon the camel's hump with a knife.
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