tāha

get lost, perish

تاهَ

Word

Verb

Root

ت و ه

Forms

Present
يَتِيهُ

In the library

ونظر إليه إيلاذ بفضل عقله فعلم الذي به، فقال له: لا تهتم ولا تحزن أيها الملك: فإنه ليس في الهم والحزن منفعة.

Kalila wa Dimna, page 80 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ تاهَيَتِيهُ—
she هِيَ تاهَتتَتِيهُ—
they two (m.) هُما تاهايَتِيهانِ—
they two (f.) هُما تاهَتاتَتِيهانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ تاهُوايَتِيهُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ تِهْنَيَتِهْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ تِهْتَتَتِيهُتِيهْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ تِهْتِتَتِيهِينَتِيهِي
you two أَنْتُما تِهْتُماتَتِيهانِتِيهَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ تِهْتُمتَتِيهُونَتِيهُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ تِهْتُنَّتَتِهْنَتِيهْنَ
I أَنا تِهْتُأَتِيهُ—
we نَحْنُ تِهْنانَتِيهُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 8 entries
  • تَاهَ Form I syn. with
    , aor. يَتُوهُ, inf. n. تَوْءٌ (Msb, K) and تُوهٌ, (AZ, K,) is syn. with تَاهَ having for its aor. يَتِيهُ; (Msb, and TA in the present art. and in art. تيه;) [and with طَاحَ, aor. يَطُوحُ and يَطِيحُ;] signifying He deviated from, or lost, or missed, the right way; he lost his way; (Msb, TA;) in the desert: (Msb:) or he was, or became, confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course: (TA in the present art.:) or he went away (K, TA) in the land, confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course: (TA in art. تيه:) or, as some say, (TA,) his mind, or intellect, was, or became, disordered, confused, or unsound: (K, TA:) and he perished: (K TA:) accord. to ISd, the ى in يَتِيهُ is shown to be originally و by their saying, مَا أَتْوَهَهُ, as syn. with مَا أَتْيَهَهُ. (TA.) AZ says, A man of the Benoo-Kiláb said to me, أَلْقَيْتَنِى فِى التُّوهِ, with damm, meaning [Thou hast thrown me into] destruction. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, [like تَاهَ aor. يَتِيهُ, q. v.,] He magnified himself; or behaved proudly, haughtily, or insolently. (K.)
  • توّههُ Form II He made him to deviate from, or lose, or miss, the right way
    , (Msb, K,) inf. n. تَتْوِيهٌ, (TA,) i. q. تَيَّهَهُ, [and طَوَّحَهُ and طَيَّحَهُ,] i. e. He made him to deviate from, or lose, or miss, the right way; made him to lose his way: (Msb:) [or he made him to be, or become, confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course: &c.: see 1; and see تَيَّهَهُ, in art. تيه:] or he destroyed him. (K.)
  • مَا أَتْوَهَهُ Form IV How extraordinary is he in deviating from, or losing, or missing, the right way! in losing his way! or in confusion,...
    i. q. مَا أَتَيْهَهُ [How extraordinary is he in deviating from, or losing, or missing, the right way! in losing his way! or in confusion, or perplexity, and inability to see his right course! &c.: see 1]: (K in the present art., and S and K in art. تيه:) as also مَا أَطْوَحَهُ (TA in art. تيه) and مَا أَطْيَحَهُ. (S and TA in that art.)
  • استتاههُ Form X He, or it, invited him to deviate from, or lose, or miss, the right way
    [He, or it, invited him to deviate from, or lose, or miss, the right way; to lose his way]; from تَاهَ, aor. [يَتُوهُ and] يَتِيهُ, signifying ضَلَّ. (Ham p. 685.)
  • فَلَاةٌ تُوةٌ A desert, or waterless desert, in which one loses his way
    (with damm) [A desert, or waterless desert, in which one loses his way; or in which one is confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course: or in which one perishes]: in the K, فُلَانٌ is erroneously put for فَلَاةٌ; (TA;) [and in the CK, تُوَةٌ for تُوْهٌ; which last, in the CK, is made a pl.:] the pl. is أَتْوَاهٌ and أَتَاوِيهُ: (K, TA:) the latter is a pl. of the former pl. (TA.)
  • تَايأِهٌ Deviating from, or losing, or missing, the right way; losing his way
    part. n. of 1; Deviating from, or losing, or missing, the right way; losing his way: &c.: see 1; and see also art. تيه. (TA.)
  • هُوَ أَتْوَهُ النَّاسِ He is the most extraordinary of men
    He is the most extraordinary of men [in deviating from, or losing, or missing, the right way; in losing his way: or] in confusion, or perplexity, and inability to see his right course: as also أَتَيْهُ الناس: but the former is more common. (TA.) ― -b2- [It may also mean He is the proudest, or vainest, of men.]
  • يَا مُتَوَّهُ O misled! O misguided! or O thou who art made to deviate from, or lose, or miss, the right way!
    [O misled! O misguided! or O thou who art made to deviate from, or lose, or miss, the right way!] is said in reviling: and one says also, مَا بَالُ ذَاكَ المُتَوَّهِ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا [What is the case of that misled, or misguided, man, that he does thus?] (TA.)

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