عيّث

, (S, O, K,) verbal noun تَعْيِيثٌ, (S, O,) He searched [or groped] for a thing with the hand, without his seeing it: (S, O, K:) or, said of a blind man, he searched [or groped] for a thing: and, said of a man possessing sight, he searched [or groped] for a thing in the dark: written by Kr with غ. (L.) [It is said in the TA, in article غيث, that ISd thought عيّث, with the unpointed ع, to be a mistranscription; but that it is correct.]

And hence, عيّث فِى الكِنَانَةِ He put his hand into the quiver to search for an arrow: (TA:) or he turned about his hand in the quiver to search for the arrow. (A.)

عيّث يَفْعَلُ كَذَا He set about, began, or commenced, doing such a thing. (O, K.)

عَيَّثَتْ طَيْرُهُ [lit.] His birds [from which he augured] became confused to him; [meaning (assumed tropical:) his affairs, or case, became confused and perplexing to him]; synonym اِخْتَلَطَتْ عَلَيْهِ. (O, K.) [See also غَيَّمَ.]

عيّث فِى السَّنَامِ He made a mark, or an impression, upon the camel's hump with a knife. (TA.)