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عَيَّشَ see 4

عايشهُ , inf. n. مُعَايَشَةٌ , He lived with him; like as you say عَاشَرَهُ . (TA.)

اعاشهُ He (God, S, A) made him to live; (S, A, O, * K;) as also ↓ عيّشهُ , (O, * K,) inf. n. تَعْيِيشٌ . (TA.) You say, اعاشهُ ا@للّٰهُ عِيشَةً رَاضِيَةٌ [God made him to live a pleasant life, or state or sort of life]. (S.)

تعيّش He constrained himself to obtain the means of life: (S;) or he had what was barely sufficient, of sustenance, nothing remaining over and above it. (TA.)

تعايشوا [They lived together: one with another]. You say, تعايشوا بِأُلْفَةٍ وَمَوَدَّةٍ [They lived together with sociableness and affection, (A, TA.)

عَيْشٌ [an inf. n. of 1. ― -b2- As a subst.,] Life: (S, O, K;) or particularly animal life. (Kull p. 262.) It is said in a prove., أَنْتَ مَرَّةٌ عَيْشٌ وَمَرَّةٌ جَيْشٌ . meaning, Thou act at one time in an easy state of life, and at one time in the state of life of warriors: (A 'Obeyd, as cited in the TA: [but for عَيْشِ غَزِىّ in my original, we should perhaps read عَيْشٍ عَزِيزٍ , i. e. a difficult state of life:) or thou benefitest at one time, and injurest at another (TA. And a man to whom IAar said “ How is such a one '” answered عَيْشٌ وَجَيْشٌ , meaning At one time with me, and at one time against me. (TA. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 70 and ii. 699 ― -b3- Also I. q. مَعِيشَةٌ , in senses pointed out below (K.) see the latter, in four places. ― -b4- And [hence,] Wheat, or other food; syn. طَعَامٌ ; (IDrd, A, O, K;) in the dial. of El-Hijáz, (A.) or of El-Yemen: (IDrd, O, TA:) and seed-produce; in the dial. of El-Hijáz: (A, TA:) and bread; (K:) in the dial. of Egypt. (TA.)

عِيشَةٌ [see 1, in two places. ― -b2- ] A state, (A,) or sort. (TA,) of life. (A, TA.) You say, عَاشَ عِيشَةُ صِدْقٍ , and عِيشَةَ سَوْءٍ , He lived a good sort of life, and an evil sort of life. (TA.)

عَيَّاشٌ : see the paragraph here following.

عَايءِشٌ [Living:] having life: and in like manner, but in an intensive sense, (app. meaning having much of the means of life or living well.) ↓ عَيَّاشٌ : fem. of the former with ة . (Msb.) ― -b2- A man in a good state or condition [of life] (Lth, A, O, K.)

مَعَاشٌ and ↓ مَعِيشٌ may be used as substantives as well as inf. ns., like مَعَابٌ and مَعِيبٌ ; (S, O, TA;) and signify, like مَعِيشَةٌ , That whereby one lives: or that [place and time] in which one lives: (TA:) [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. (TA.) Thus, (TA,) الأَرْضُ مَعَاشُ الخَلْقِ [The earth is the place of subsistence of mankind, or of the created beings]. (A, O, TA.) And النَّهَارُ مَعَاشٌ The day is the time for seeking sustenance: as in the Kur, lxxviii. 11. (O, TA.) See also مَعِيشَةٌ , in two places.

مَعِيشٌ : see مَعِيشَةٌ , in four places: and مَعَاشٌ .

مَعِيشَةٌ inf. n. of عَاشَ [q. v.]. (K.) ― -b2- Also Victuals, living, sustenance, or food and drink by which one lives; (Lth, A, O, K;) as also ↓ عَيْشٌ ; (A;) whence you say that dates are the عَيْش of such a family: (TA:) that whereby life subsists; the means of life or subsistence; (A, K;) as also ↓ عَيْشٌ : (A, TA:) that whereby one lives; as also ↓ عَيْشٌ (A, K, TA) and ↓ مَعَاشٌ and ↓ مَعِيشٌ ; (TA;) or [the state] wherein one lives; (A, K, TA;) as also ↓ عَيْشٌ (A) and ↓ مَعَاشٌ and ↓ مَعِيشٌ : (TA:) the means of obtaining that whereby one lives: (Aboo-Is-hák, TA:) the gain, or earnings, by means of which a man lives; (Mgh, Msb;) as also ↓ مَعِيشٌ : (Msb:) the pl. is مَعَايِشُ , (S, O, Msb,) accord. to general opinion, (Msb,) without ء , (S, O, Msb,) when formed from the original of the sing., which is مَعْيِشَةٌ , of the measure مَفْعِلَةٌ ; (S, O;) or because it is from عَاشَ , so that the measure of the pl. is مَفَاعِلُ : (Msb:) but when it is formed from the secondary form of the sing., it is with ء , [ مَعَايءِشُ ,] مَفْعِلَةٌ being in this case likened to فَعِيلَةٌ , like as مَصَايءِبُ is with ء because the ى [in its sing.] is quiescent; but some of the grammarians hold this latter pl. to be incorrect: (S, O:) all the Basree grammarians hold it to be so: (TA:) or, accord. to some, ↓ مَعِيشٌ and مَعِيشَةٌ are from معش ; and the pl. in question is therefore of the measure فَعَايءِلُ , with ء . (Msb.) ― -b3- مَعِيشَةٌ ضَنْكٌ The punishment of the grave: (O, K:) so, accord. to most of the expositors, in the Kur xx. 123: or, as some say, [strait sustenance] in the fire of hell. (O, TA.)

مُتَعَيِّشٌ One who constrains himself to obtain the means of life: (TA:) or who has what is barely sufficient, of sustenance, nothing remaining over and above it. (Lth, A, O, K.)