يأس

Arabic

Etymology
Root
ي ء س (y-ʔ-s)

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
    لَا يَأْسَ مَعَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ
    lā yaʔsa maʕa l-ḥayāti
    while there's life, there's hope
    (literally, “there's no despair with life”)

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

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

References
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