عَيْشٌ

[a verbal noun of 1.

As a subst.,] Life: (S, O, K;) or particularly animal life. (Kull p. 262.) It is said in a prove., أَنْتَ مَرَّةٌ عَيْشٌ وَمَرَّةٌ جَيْشٌ. meaning, Thou act at one time in an easy state of life, and at one time in the state of life of warriors: (A 'Obeyd, as cited in the TA: [but for عَيْشِ غَزِىّ in my original, we should perhaps read عَيْشٍ عَزِيزٍ, i. e. a difficult state of life:) or thou benefitest at one time, and injurest at another (TA. And a man to whom IAar said “ How is such a one '” answered عَيْشٌ وَجَيْشٌ, meaning At one time with me, and at one time against me. (TA. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 70 and ii. 699

Also I. q. مَعِيشَةٌ, in senses pointed out below (K.) see the latter, in four places.

And [hence,] Wheat, or other food; synonym طَعَامٌ; (IDrd, A, O, K;) in the dialect of El-Hijáz, (A.) or of El-Yemen: (IDrd, O, TA:) and seed-produce; in the dialect of El-Hijáz: (A, TA:) and bread; (K:) in the dialect of Egypt. (TA.)