ضَايءعٌ
1.
Perishing, coming to nought, passing away, or becoming lost: (Mgh, * Msb:) [and being left; left, or let, alone; or neglected:] particle n. of 1: (Mgh, Msb:) plural ضِيَاعٌ (Mgh, O, Msb, K) and ضُيَّعٌ. (Mgh, O, * Msb, K. *) [See an example of the latter plural in a verse cited voce دَانَ, in article دين. See also سَايءِعٌ, in article سوع.]
2.
And A man in a state of poverty: or having a family, or household, to sustain: or in a state of circumstances by means of which he is unable to subsist. (TA.)
3.
فُلَانٌ يَأْكُلُ فِى مِعًى ضَايءِعٍ means جَايءِعٍ [i. e. Such a one eats into a hungry, or an empty, gut]: and it was said to the daughters of ElKhuss, “ What is the sharpest thing? (مَا أَحَدُّ
شَىْء;) and she answered, نَابٌ جَايءِعٌ يُلْقِى فِى
مِعًى ضَايءِعٍ [A hungry canine tooth that throws the food into an empty gut]. (S.)