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/
  • (file)

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)