مَعَاشٌ
Root: عيش
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مَعَاشٌ
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مَعِيشٌ may be used as substantives as well as inf. ns., like مَعَابٌ and مَعِيبٌ; and signify, like مَعِيشَةٌ, That whereby one lives: or that [place and time] in which one lives: [or rather, they have both these significations; but معاش has generally the latter. whereas معيشة, q. v., and معيش, are generally used in the former sense, or one similar to it:] مَعَاشٌ also signifies the place of subsistence; or the known, or usual, place thereof: and the time wherein one seeks sustenance. Thus, الأَرْضُ
مَعَاشُ الخَلْقِ [The earth is the place of subsistence of mankind, or of the created beings]. And النَّهَارُ مَعَاشٌ
The day is the time for seeking sustenance: as in the Kur, lxxviii. 11. See also مَعِيشَةٌ, in two places.
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