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لَيِس
to be brave /ˈla.ji.sa/
verbA1#33 most common
Also: to be courageous, to be bold/valiant
Example sentences
لَيِسَ البَطَلُ.
The hero was brave.
لَيِسَ الجُنْدِيُّ في المَعْرَكَةِ.
The soldier was brave in the battle.
لَيِسَتِ الفَتاةُ فلم تَخَفْ.
The girl was brave, so she was not afraid.
لَيِسوا جَميعاً عِندَ لِقاءِ العَدُوِّ.
They were all brave upon meeting the enemy.
كانوا يَلْيَسونَ في الشَّدائِدِ ولا يَنْكُصونَ.
They used to be brave in hardships and would not retreat.
مَنْ لَيِسَ في مَواطِنِ الخَوْفِ خُلِّدَ ذِكْرُهُ بينَ الأبطالِ.
Whoever was brave in places of fear had his memory immortalized among the heroes.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَلْيَسُ | لَيِسْتُ | سَأَلْيَسُ |
| 2sg | تَلْيَسُ | لَيِسْتَ | سَتَلْيَسُ |
| 3sg | يَلْيَسُ | لَيِسَ | سَيَلْيَسُ |
| 1pl | نَلْيَسُ | لَيِسْنا | سَنَلْيَسُ |
| 2pl | تَلْيَسونَ | لَيِسْتُم | سَتَلْيَسونَ |
| 3pl | يَلْيَسونَ | لَيِسوا | سَيَلْيَسونَ |
Word family
Etymology
A classical Arabic stative verb from the triliteral root ل-ي-س (l-y-s), which carries the sense of courage and boldness. It follows the فَعِلَ (faʿila) pattern typical of verbs describing an acquired quality or state. The root yields the noun لَيَس (bravery) and the adjective أَلْيَس (a brave, bold man). It is distinct from the common negative copula لَيْسَ ('is not'), which merely shares the same consonantal skeleton.
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