أَعْيَا
1.
[He was, or became, disabled, or incapacitated]: you say, اعيا عَنِ الجِمَاعِ
he was, or became, disabled, or incapacitated, from copulation; synonym عَرِسَ. (IKtt, TA in article عرس.)
2.
He was, or became, fatigued, tired, or wearied, (Mgh, Msb, K, TA,) in walking, or going, (S, Msb, K, TA,) said of a man (S) [and of a beast]. You say, أَذَمَّ and اعيا بِهِ بَعِيرُهُ, both meaning the same [i. e. His camel became jaded, and lagged behind with him], aorist يُعْيِى, and some incorporate [one ى into the other, transferring the kesreh of the former ى to the ع], as is done in a verse of El-Hotei-ah. (TA.)
3.
اعياهُ
It made him to be without power, or strength, or ability; disabled, or incapacitated, him; (S, * MA, TA;) said of an affair; (S, MA;) and [apparently in like manner] of God. (S.) It is also said of a disease, meaning It disabled him, or incapacitated him, from curing it: (K, * TA:) [or] one says of a difficult disease, for which there is no cure, كَأَنَّهُ
أَعْيَا الأَطِبَّاءَ [It is as though it disabled, or incapacitated, the physicians; or frustrated their skill; or baffled them]. (S, TA.) And a poet says, (namely, 'Amr Ibn-Hassán, TA)
[And, or for, abundance of wealth baffled my attempts to obtain it of old; but I have not been poor from the time of my being a boy]: (S, TA:) he means, I have been in a middling condition; not very poor, nor able to collect much wealth: but some relate the verse otherwise, saying أَعْنَانِى i. e. “ rendered me humble, lowly, or submissive. ”فَإِنَّ الكُثْرَ أَعْيَانِى قَدِيمًاوَلَمْ أُقْتِرْ لَدُنْ أَنِّى غُلَامُ
4.
5.
And you say, of an affair, (S, TA,) or a thing, (MA,) اعيا عَلَيْهِ, (S, MA, TA,) and
تعيّا, and
تعايا, (S, TA,) all meaning the same, (S, TA, PS,) as also
استعيا, (TA,) i. e. It was, or became, difficult, or arduous, to him; (MA, TA;) or [impracticable, i. e.] such that he found not the right way, or manner, to perform it, or accomplish it; (TA;) or veiled, or hidden. (MA.)
6.
مَا أَعْيَاهُ [How wanting is he in ability to find the right way, or manner, of acting! or how impotent is he! &c.]. (S and K in article شوى: see 4 in that article)