Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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خنى خو خوأ


خَوٌّ

خَوٌّ Hunger. (IAạr, Ḳ.) [And so خَوًى and خَوَآءُ, belonging to art. خوى; with which the present art. is intimately connected.]

Root: خو - Entry: خَوٌّ Dissociation: B

A wide valley: (Ḳ:) any wide valley in a soft, or plain, [low ground such as is termed] جَوّ; (Az, TA;) as also خَوًى: (Az, TA in art. خوى:) and low, or depressed, ground; (TA;) as alsoخُوَّةٌ↓: (JK, TA:) or the former, a soft place: (JK:) or soft ground; as in the saying, وَقَعَ غَرْسُكَ بِخَوًّ What thou hast planted has chanced to be in soft ground, in which it will take root and not fail to be productive. (TA.)


[خُوٌّ]

[خُوٌّ, by a mistake in the CK, in art. خوى, is made to signify Honey: see خُوَآءٌ in that art]


خوّة

خوّة [app. خَوَّةٌ] Languor: occurring in a trad., in which it is said, وَأَخَذَ أَبَا جَهْلٍ خوّةٌ فَلَا يَنْطِقُ [And a languor seized Aboo-Jahl, so that he spoke not]. (IAth, TA.)


خُوَّةٌ

خُوَّةٌ A vacant land. (Ḳ.)

Root: خو - Entry: خُوَّةٌ Signification: A2
Root: خو - Entry: خُوَّةٌ Dissociation: B

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