مَعَاش

maEaA$N * and ↓ maEiy$N may be used as substantives as well as inf. ns., like maEaAbN and maEiybN ; (S, O, TA;) and signify, like maEiy$apN , That whereby one lives: or that [ place and time ] in which one lives: (TA:) [or rather, they have both these significations; but mEA$ has generally the latter. whereas mEy$p , q. v., and mEy$ , are generally used in the former sense, or one similar to it:] maEaA$N also signifies the place of subsistence; or the known, or usual, place thereof: and the time wherein one seeks sustenance. (TA.) Thus, (TA,) AlA^aroDu maEaA$u Alxaloqi [ The earth is the place of subsistence of mankind, or of the created beings ]. (A, O, TA.) And Aln~ahaAru maEaA$N The day is the time for seeking sustenance: as in the Kur, lxxviii. 11. (O, TA.) See also maEiy$apN , in two places.