Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

سَآهُ, (Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) like رَمَاهُ, [or rather like دَعَاهُ,] incorrectly [and differently] written in copies of the Ḳ, (TA,) i. q. سَآءَهُ, (Ṣ, M, Ḳ, TA,) formed from the latter by transposition; (Ṣ, M;) mentioned by Sb: you say, سَآهُ الأَمْرُ, like سَآءَهُ [The affair displeased, grieved, or vexed, him]: (M:) and سَأَوْتُهُ, meaning سُؤْتُهْ [I displeased, grieved, or vexed, him]. (Ṣ, TA.)

And سَأَا بَيْنَهُمْ, (Ḳ, TA,) inf. n. سَأْوٌ, (TA,) He created, or excited, disorder, or discord, between them, or among them; made, or did, mischief between them, or among them: (Ḳ, TA:) mentioned by Az: app. a dial. var. of سَعَى. (TA.)

أَسْأَيْتُ القَوْسَ I made a سِئَة [q. v.] to the bow. (Ḳ, TA.)

سِئَةٌ of a bow, andسُؤَةٌ↓, (Ibn-Málik, Az, ISd, Ḳ, TA,) andسَأَةٌ↓, (Ibn-Málik, Ḳ, TA,) [in the CK erroneously written ساءَة, and it is there implied that the other vars. are سِيْئَةٌ and سُوْءَةٌ,] dial. vars. of سِيَةٌ, (Ḳ, &c.,) i. e. The curved extremity thereof. (TA.) [See also art. سيو.]

مَسْآةٌ, like مَسْعَاةٌ, is a dial. var. of مَسَآءَةٌ, [or] formed from the latter by transposition; and has for its pl. مَسَآءٍ: whence the saying, أَكْرَهُ مَسَائِيَكَ [I dislike, or hate, thy vices, faults, or acts of disobedience]: (TA:) Sb mentions this saying; (M, TA;) and says, مَسَآءَةٌ is pluralized, and then the pl. is transformed, so that it is as though it were pl. of مَسْآةٌ, like مَسْعَاةٌ. (M.)