عَيْشٌ
Root: عيش
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عَيْشٌ
[an Verbal.Noun of 1.
2 As a subst.,] Life: or particularly animal life. It is said in a prove., أَنْتَ مَرَّةٌ عَيْشٌ وَمَرَّةٌ جَيْشٌ. meaning, Thou act at one time in an easy state of life, and at one time in the state of life of warriors: (A 'Obeyd, as cited in the TA: [but for عَيْشِ غَزِىّ in my original, we should perhaps read عَيْشٍ عَزِيزٍ, i. e. a difficult state of life:) or thou benefitest at one time, and injurest at another (TA. And a man to whom IAar said “ How is such a one '” answered عَيْشٌ وَجَيْشٌ, meaning At one time with me, and at one time against me. (TA. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 70 and ii. 699
3 Also I. q. مَعِيشَةٌ, in senses pointed out below see the latter, in four places.
4 And [hence,] Wheat, or other food; syn. طَعَامٌ; in the dial. of El-Hijáz, or of El-Yemen: and seed-produce; in the dial. of El-Hijáz: and bread; in the dial. of Egypt.
2 As a subst.,] Life: or particularly animal life. It is said in a prove., أَنْتَ مَرَّةٌ عَيْشٌ وَمَرَّةٌ جَيْشٌ. meaning, Thou act at one time in an easy state of life, and at one time in the state of life of warriors: (A 'Obeyd, as cited in the TA: [but for عَيْشِ غَزِىّ in my original, we should perhaps read عَيْشٍ عَزِيزٍ, i. e. a difficult state of life:) or thou benefitest at one time, and injurest at another (TA. And a man to whom IAar said “ How is such a one '” answered عَيْشٌ وَجَيْشٌ, meaning At one time with me, and at one time against me. (TA. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 70 and ii. 699
3 Also I. q. مَعِيشَةٌ, in senses pointed out below see the latter, in four places.
4 And [hence,] Wheat, or other food; syn. طَعَامٌ; in the dial. of El-Hijáz, or of El-Yemen: and seed-produce; in the dial. of El-Hijáz: and bread; in the dial. of Egypt.
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