عيث
Not in Hans Wehr
This word isn't in Hans Wehr — but it's in Lane's Lexicon
عيث doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has 2 entries for it, distinguished by diacritics. Select one below for the full classical Arabic definition.
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عَاثَ Form 1
1 عَاثَ ذ , aor. يَعِيثُ, inf. n. عَيْثٌ (S, O, K) and عُيُوثٌ and عَيَثَانٌ, (TA,) He acted corruptly; or made, or did, mischief; syn. أَفْسَدَ: (S, O, K:) or, accord. to Az, he hastened, or was hasty or quick, in so ac…
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عيّث Form 2
2 عيّث ذ , (S, O, K,) inf. n. تَعْيِيثٌ, (S, O,) He searched [or groped] for a thing with the hand, without his seeing it: (S, O, K:) or, said of a blind man, he searched [or groped] for a thing: and, said of a man posse…
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