يأس

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

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

• 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