Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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ضهضب ضهو ضهى


ضَهْوَةٌ

ضَهْوَةٌ A بِرْكَة of water; [i. e. a wateringtrough, or tank, or the like, of water; or a basin, pool, pond, or lake, of water; or a place where water remains and collects, or collects and stagnates;] (M, Ḳ;) as though formed by transposition from وَهْضَةٌ, which signifies a depressed piece of ground: (TA:) pl. أَضْهَآءٌ. (M, Ḳ.)


ضَهْوَآءُ

ضَهْوَآءُ A woman whose breasts have not become prominent, or protuberant. (Lth, Ḳ.) [See also ضَهْيَآءُ, in the next art.]


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