יְאַשׁ , Pa. יָאֵשׁ ch. same, to relax. Targ. Koh. II, 20 ליָאָשָׁא ית לבי על וכ׳ to relax my mind concerning (to give up thinking of) the trouble &c.
Ithpa. - אִתְיָאֵשׁ 1) to become careless. Targ. Y. Deut. XXIX, 18. —2) contr. אִיָּיאֵשׁ, אִיָּאֵשׁ, Ithpe. (אִיאוֹשׁ) אִיאֵשׁ to resign possession, give up. B. Kam. 68ᵇ ודילמא לא איי׳ but may it not be that he has not resigned? Ib. שמעיניה דאיאוש they heard him say that he gave it up; B. Mets. 21ᵇ דמֵיאַשׁ (Ms. F. דאיאש). Ib. מִיָּאֲשֵׁי (Ms. F. a. R. מִיָּי׳) they give it up. Ib. אִיאוּשֵׁי מֵיאוּשׁ (better: יָאוּשֵׁי מִיָּיאֲשֵׁי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8). Ib. 22ᵃ; a. fr.