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أَيَس
existence, being /ˈʔajs/
nounB1#1664 most common
Also: that which exists, a thing, something
Example sentences
الأَيْسُ ضِدُّ اللَّيْسِ.
Being is the opposite of non-being.
نَتَحَدَّثُ عَنِ الأَيْسِ في الدَّرْسِ.
We are talking about existence in the lesson.
قالَ الفَيْلَسوفُ إِنَّ الأَيْسَ أَصْلُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.
The philosopher said that being is the origin of everything.
ائْتِني بِهِ مِنْ أَيْسٍ ولَيْسٍ.
Bring it to me whether it exists or not (from anywhere).
يُمَيِّزُ الكِنْديُّ بَيْنَ الأَيْسِ المُطْلَقِ والأَيْسِ المُقَيَّدِ.
Al-Kindi distinguishes between absolute being and conditioned being.
في الفَلْسَفةِ القَديمةِ، الأَيْسُ هو الكائِنُ واللَّيْسُ هو العَدَمُ.
In ancient philosophy, ays is the existent and lays is nothingness.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَيْسٌ | |
| Genitive | أَيْسٍ | |
| Accusative | أَيْسًا | |
| Vocative | يا أَيْسُ |
Word family
لَيْسَis not, there is not
أَيْسَto bring into existence
كائِنexistent, beingعَدَمnon-existence, nothingnessEtymology
أَيْس is an old Arabic noun meaning existence or a thing that exists. Classical grammarians treat it as the source of the negative particle لَيْسَ, contracted from لا أَيْسَ, "there is no being." It survives mainly in philosophy and in the fixed phrase "من أيس وليس," used for something fetched from existence or non-existence.
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