عَىٌّ
Root: عى
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عَىٌّ
and
عَيِىٌّ , the former of which is the more common, are epithets denoting the agent of the verb in the phrases عَىٌّ بِالأَمْرِ and عَىَّ عَنْ حُجَّتِهِ and عَىَّ فِى مَنْطِقِهِ: [i. e. they signify Unable to find the right way, or manner, &c., in relation to an affair, and an argument or the like, and in the expression of his ideas; agreeably with the explanations of these phrases in the first paragraph of this art.:] and
عَيَّانُ and
عَيَايَآءُ signify the same, in relation to an affair and to the expression of one's ideas: the pl. [of عَىٌّ] is أَعْيَآءٌ and [of عَيِىٌّ] أَعْيِيَآءُ; Sb says, Yoo has informed us of this; and he says, we have also heard some of the Arabs say أَعْيِيَآءُ [as above] and أَعْيِيَةٌ.
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