Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تهيّأ

Root: هيأ

Form: 5

Full Definition

تهيّأV [He, or it, was, or became, prepared, provided, disposed, arranged, or put into a right or good state, &c. And hence, It was, or became, feasible, or practicable: and it was, or became, attainable, or within power or reach.]
2 تهيّأ لِلْأَمْرِ; and هَآء لَهُ, Present.T يَهَآءُ and يَهِىْءُ, Verbal.Noun هَيْئَةٌ; He prepared himself for the thing. Ex. وَقَالَتْ هِئْتُ لَكَ And she said, I have prepared myself for thee: accord. to one reading [for هَيْتَ, in the Kur, xii. 23].
3 [See also تهنّأ.]
4 تهيّأ لَهُ الأَمْرُ, (Msb, K, art. اتى, &c.,) or الشَّىْءٌ, (S, art. اتى, &c.,) The thing, or affair, was, or became, feasible, or practicable, to him; and the thing was attainable.]
5 تهيّأ لِلْبُكَآءِ [He was ready, or about, to weep: a phrase of frequent occurrence; like أَرَادَ البُكَآءَ, and هَمَّ بِالْبُكَاءِ.] (S, art. جهش, &c.)


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