Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ت

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1 تَاهَ تاه تاة , (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.) ― -b2- 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.)