عِيصٌ
Root: عيص
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عِيصٌ
A dense, or tangled wood; a numerous collection of dense, or tangled, trees: or [lote-trees of the species called] سِدْر collected together in one place, of which the lower parts are dense, or tangled: or dense, or tangled, trees, some growing in, or among, the lower parts of others: pl. [of pauc.] أَعْيَاصٌ and [of mult.] عِصْيانٌ: also what are collected together in a place, and are near together, and dense, or tangled, of [trees of the kinds called] عِضَاه, or of [the trees called] سِدْر
and
عَوْسَج
and
نَبْع
and
سَلَم
and all kinds of
عضاه: so says 'Omárah, and AHn says the like: or what are dense, or tangled, and numerous, of thick and tough trees, such as the
سَلَم
and
طَلْح
and
سَيَال
and
سِدْر
and
سَمُر
and
عُرْفُط
and
عِضَاه.
2 Also A place of growth of the best of trees: or, as some say, the lower parts of trees.
3 And hence, A stock, or race. You say, هُوَ مِنْ عِيصِ بَنِى هَاشِمٍ He is of the stock, or race, of Benoo-Háshim. And مَا أَكْرَمَ عِيصَهُ How generous, or noble, are his fathers, or ancestors, and paternal and maternal uncles, and the people of his house ! And it is said in a prov., عِيصُكَ مِنْكَ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَشِبًا, i. e. Thy stock is an appertenance of thine though it be thorny and intricate or confused: meaning, accord. to A'Obeyd, those who are connected with thee by origin are thy kinsmen, although they follow a different way of life: have patience, therefore, for thou canst not remove them from thee: [see Freytag's Arab. Prov., ii. 95:] implying dispraise: or, accord. to AHeyth, عِيصٌ أَشِبٌ denotes praise; force of resistance, or inaccessibleness or unapproachableness, and numerousness, being meant thereby. You say also, هُوَ فِى عِيصِ صِدْقٍ He is of a good, or an excellent, stock.
4 جِئْ بِهِ مِنْ عِيصِكَ means Bring thou it from wherever it is.
2 Also A place of growth of the best of trees: or, as some say, the lower parts of trees.
3 And hence, A stock, or race. You say, هُوَ مِنْ عِيصِ بَنِى هَاشِمٍ He is of the stock, or race, of Benoo-Háshim. And مَا أَكْرَمَ عِيصَهُ How generous, or noble, are his fathers, or ancestors, and paternal and maternal uncles, and the people of his house ! And it is said in a prov., عِيصُكَ مِنْكَ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَشِبًا, i. e. Thy stock is an appertenance of thine though it be thorny and intricate or confused: meaning, accord. to A'Obeyd, those who are connected with thee by origin are thy kinsmen, although they follow a different way of life: have patience, therefore, for thou canst not remove them from thee: [see Freytag's Arab. Prov., ii. 95:] implying dispraise: or, accord. to AHeyth, عِيصٌ أَشِبٌ denotes praise; force of resistance, or inaccessibleness or unapproachableness, and numerousness, being meant thereby. You say also, هُوَ فِى عِيصِ صِدْقٍ He is of a good, or an excellent, stock.
4 جِئْ بِهِ مِنْ عِيصِكَ means Bring thou it from wherever it is.
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