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او

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَوٌّ ذ The word ↓ أَوْ when made a noun. (T, K.) So say the grammarians. (T.) You say, هٰذهِ أَوٌّحَسَنَةٌ [ This is a good أَوْ]. (T.) And to one who uses the phrase أَفْعَلُ كَذَا أَوْ كَذَا, (T,) you say, دَعِ الأَوَّجَانِبًا [ Let thou, or leave thou, the word أَوْ alone ]. (T, K.)

Derived headwords

أَوٌّ
  1. 1.
هٰذهِ أَوٌّحَسَنَةٌ
أَفْعَلُ كَذَا أَوْ كَذَا