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يَأْس
despair /ˈjaʔs/
nounB2#4140 most common
Also: hopelessness, desperation
Example sentences
أَنَا فِي يَأْسٍ.
I am in despair.
لَا تَسْتَسْلِمْ لِلْيَأْسِ.
Don't give in to despair.
مَلَأَ الْيَأْسُ قَلْبَهُ بَعْدَ فَشَلِهِ.
Despair filled his heart after his failure.
حَاوَلَتِ الْأُمُّ أَنْ تُخْفِيَ يَأْسَهَا أَمَامَ أَطْفَالِهَا.
The mother tried to hide her despair in front of her children.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ الْيَأْسِ الَّذِي خَيَّمَ عَلَى الْبِلَادِ، ظَلَّ النَّاسُ يُقَاوِمُونَ.
Despite the despair that hung over the country, people kept resisting.
غَرِقَتْ نَفْسُهُ فِي بَحْرٍ مِنَ الْيَأْسِ حَتَّى ظَنَّ أَنَّهُ لَا مَخْرَجَ لَهُ مِنْ مِحْنَتِهِ.
His soul drowned in a sea of despair until he thought there was no way out of his ordeal.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | يَأْسٌ | |
| Genitive | يَأْسٍ | |
| Accusative | يَأْسًا | |
| Vocative | يَا يَأْسُ |
Word family
يَئِسَhe despaired, lost hope
يَائِسdespairing, hopeless
مَيْؤُوس مِنْهُhopeless, given up on
يَؤُوسutterly despairing (intensive form)
Etymology
The root ي-أ-س (y-'-s) is a native Semitic triliteral root meaning to despair or lose hope. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Proto-Indo-European origin. The noun يَأْس is the masdar, or verbal noun, of the Form I verb يَئِسَ, he despaired.
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