عاش

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ع ي ش (ʕ-y-š). Compare Dahalik ዒጸ (‘īša, to live).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʕaː.ʃa/
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Verb[edit]

عَاشَ (ʕāša) I, non-past يَعِيشُ‎ (yaʕīšu)

  1. to live, to be alive

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عيش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ع ي ش
4 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic عَاشَ (ʕāša).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʕaːʃ/, [ʕæːʃ]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

عاش (ʕāš) I (present بعيش (biʕīš), active participle عايش (ʕāyeš))

  1. to live, to be alive
  2. (by extension) to reside (somewhere)
    Synonym: سكن (sakan)
    هو عايش عند أهله، بس بدّه يعيش لحاله.
    huwwe ʕāyeš ʕend ahlo, bas biddo yʕīš la-ḥālo.
    He's living at his parents' place, but wants to live by himself.

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of عاش (ʕāš)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عشت (ʕišt) عشت (ʕišt) عاش (ʕāš) عشنا (ʕišna) عشتو (ʕištu) عاشو (ʕāšu)
f عشتي (ʕišti) عاشت (ʕāšat)
present m بعيش (baʕīš) بتعيش (bitʕīš) بعيش (biʕīš) منعيش (minʕīš) بتعيشو (bitʕīšu) بعيشو (biʕīšu)
f بتعيشي (bitʕīši) بتعيش (bitʕīš)
subjunctive m اعيش (aʕīš) تعيش (tʕīš) يعيش (yʕīš) نعيش (nʕīš) تعيشو (tʕīšu) يعيشو (yʕīšu)
f تعيشي (tʕīši) تعيش (tʕīš)
imperative m عيش (ʕīš) عيشو (ʕīšu)
f عيشي (ʕīši)