تَاهَ

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تَاهَI , Present.T يَتُوهُ, Verbal.Noun تَوْءٌ and تُوهٌ, is syn. with تَاهَ having for its Present.T يَتِيهُ; (Msb, and TA in the present art. and in art. تيه;) [and with طَاحَ, Present.T يَطُوحُ and يَطِيحُ;] signifying He deviated from, or lost, or missed, the right way; he lost his way; in the desert: or he was, or became, confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course: or he went away in the land, confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course: (TA in art. تيه:) or, as some say, his mind, or intellect, was, or became, disordered, confused, or unsound: and he perished: accord. to ISd, the ى in يَتِيهُ is shown to be originally و by their saying, مَا أَتْوَهَهُ, as syn. with مَا أَتْيَهَهُ. AZ says, A man of the Benoo-Kiláb said to me, أَلْقَيْتَنِى فِى التُّوهِ, with damm, meaning [Thou hast thrown me into] destruction.
2 Also, [like تَاهَ Present.T يَتِيهُ, q. v.,] He magnified himself; or behaved proudly, haughtily, or insolently.

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