maṣdarتِيهٌmuḍāriʿيَتِيهُ يَتُوهُ يَطِيحُ
Core sense — he lost his way, he became perplexed; he behaved proudly, or vainlygenerated
1.1his ship deviated from the right course with him—تَاهَتْ بِهِ سَفِينَتُهُ
maṣdar تِيهٌ, تَيْهٌ and تَيَهَانٌ.
Synonymous with تَاهَ, whose muḍāriʿ is يَتُوهُ [and with طَاحَ, muḍāriʿ يَطِيحُ and يَطُوحُ].
He deviated from, lost, or missed the right way; he lost his way, in the desert. He became confounded or perplexed, unable to see his right course. He went away in the land, confounded and unable to see his right course.
[Or his mind, or intellect, was, or became, disordered, confused, or unsound: see تَاهَ in art. توه.]
And he perished; see art. توه.
your eye, or your sight, passed me over—تَاهَ عَنِّى بَصَرُكَ
Aboo-Turáb: synonymous with تَخَطَّى.
he looked at a thing continually, or continuously—تَاهَ بَصَرَهُ
In the CK this is erroneously written قَصْرُهُ. It also signifies تَافَ, written نافَ in the CK. The explanation is 'Arrám's, and the meaning is فِى دَوَامٍ, apparently as one confounded and perplexed, unable to see aright. Aboo-Turáb.
1.1.1he behaves proudly, or conceitedly, or vainly, towards his people—هُوَ يَتِيهُ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ
Also تَاهَ, maṣdar تِيهٌ and تِيَهٌ, said to be a dialectal variant of this, though the point is doubtful; [like تَاهَ, whose muḍāriʿ is يَتُوهُ].
He magnified himself; he behaved proudly, haughtily, or insolently. He affected to be praised for, or gloried in, what he did not possess; that is, he became conceited or vain-glorious, or he went beyond due bounds in elegance of mind, manners, address, speech, person, attire and the like, and claimed superiority in it out of pride. Or rather: he was, or became, vain; he behaved vainly.
Er-Rāghib distinguishes between مُعْجَبٌ and تَائِهٌ: the معجب believes himself only indecisively in the opinion or judgment he forms of himself, on evidence outweighed in probability, whereas the تائه believes himself decisively. See art. عجب.
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, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. يَتِيهُ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. تِيهٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and تَيْهٌ (K) and تَيَهَانٌ , (S, K,) is syn. with تَاهَ having for its aor. يَتُوهُ ; (Msb, TA;) [and with طَاحَ , aor. يَطِيحُ and يَطُوحُ ;] signifying He deviated from, or lost, or missed, the right way; he lost his way; (Mgh, Msb, K, TA;) in the desert: (Mgh, Msb:) he was, or became, confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course: (Mgh:) he went away in the land, confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course: (S, TA:) [or his mind, or intellect, was, or became, disordered, confused, or unsound: (see تَاهَ in art. توه :)] and he perished. (TA in art. توه .) You say also, تَاهَتْ بِهِ سَفِينَتُهُ His ship deviated from the right course with him. (TA.) And تَاهَ عَنِّى بَصَرُكَ Thine eye, or thy sight, passed me over; syn. تَخَطَّى . (Aboo-Turáb, TA.) تَاهَ بَصَرَهُ [in the CK, erroneously, قَصْرُهُ ] signifies also تَافَ , (K, TA, [in the CK نافَ ,] i. e., accord. to 'Arrám, He looked at a thing continually, or continuously ( فِى دَوَامٍ [app. as one confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see aright]). (Aboo-Turáb, TA.) Also, تَاهَ , (S, K,) aor. يَتِيهُ , (S,) inf. n. تِيهٌ , (S, K,) and تِيَهٌ is said to be a dial. var. of this, but is doubtful; (MF;) [like تَاهَ having for its aor. يَتُوهُ ;] He magnified himself; or behaved proudly, haughtily, or insolently: (S, K:) and he affected to be commended for, or praised for, or he gloried in, that which he did not possess; [i. e. he was, or became, conceited, or vain-glorious; or he overpassed the due bounds in elegance of mind or manners or address or speech or person or attire and the like, and arrogated to himself superiority therein, through pride: (K:) [or rather, he was, or became, vain; or he behaved vainly: for] Er-Rághib makes a distinction between مُعْجَبٌ and تَائِهٌ ; saying that the معجب believes himself with respect to the opinion or judgment that he forms of himself indecisively, from evidence outweighed in probability; whereas the تائه believes himself decisively. (MF and TA in art. عجب .) One says, هُوَ يَتِيهُ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ [He behaves proudly, or conceitedly, or vainly, towards his people]. (TA.)