يأس

See also: یاس, ياس, تاش, یاش, ياش, باش, باس, تاس, ئاش, and ئاس

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ي ء س (y ʔ s)
4 terms

Verbal noun of يَئِسَ (yaʔisa, “to despair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaʔs/

Noun

يَأْس • (yaʔs) m

1. verbal noun of يَئِسَ (yaʔisa, “to despair”) (form I)
2. despair, hopelessness

   لَا يَأْسَ مَعَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ

   lā yaʔsa maʕa l-ḥayāti

   while there's life, there's hope

   (literally, “there's no despair with life”)

   يشعر كثيرون باليأس أو بالغضب بسبب الأوضاع حولهم

   Many people feel hopeless or angry about the situation around them.

Declension

Declension of noun يَأْس (yaʔs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَأْس yaʔs	الْيَأْس al-yaʔs	يَأْس yaʔs
Nominative	يَأْسٌ yaʔsun	الْيَأْسُ al-yaʔsu	يَأْسُ yaʔsu
Accusative	يَأْسًا yaʔsan	الْيَأْسَ al-yaʔsa	يَأْسَ yaʔsa
Genitive	يَأْسٍ yaʔsin	الْيَأْسِ al-yaʔsi	يَأْسِ yaʔsi

Derived terms

• سِنُّ الْيَأْسِ (sinnu l-yaʔsi)

Descendants

• Maltese: jies
• → Persian: یاس (yâs)
• → Turkish: yeis

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “يأس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen