أَسَاءَ

, [verbal noun إِسَاءَةٌ,] He did evil, or ill; or acted ill; opposite of أَحْسَنَ: (S, M, K:) [and so] اسِاء فِى فِعْلِهِ. (Msb.) You say, اساء إِلَيْهِ (S, K) and لَهُ and عَلَيهِ and بِهِ (TA) He did evil or ill, or acted ill, to him. (S, K, TA.)

[See also أَسْوَى, in several senses, in article سوي.]

اساءهُ He corrupted it, or marred it; (M, K;) [did it ill;] did it not well; namely, a thing. (M.) It is said in a prov., أَسَاءَ كَارِهٌ مَا عَمِلَ [An unwilling person did ill what he did]; relating to a man who was compelled against his will, by another, to do a thing, and marred it, or did it not well: it is applied to the man who seeks an object of want and does not take pains to accomplish it. (M, Meyd. *) See also 1, in two places, in the former half of the paragraph. [And see 2.]