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اوى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

10 ا@سْتَأْوَيْتُهُ ذ I asked him, or desired him, to compassionate me, or have mercy on me; syn. ا@سْتَرْحَمْتُهُ. (T.) A poet (namely, Dhu-r-Rummeh, TA) says, وَلَوْ أَنَّنى ا@سْتَأْوَيْتُهُ مَا أَوَى لِيَا [ And if I had asked him, or desired him, to compassionate me, he would not have compassionated me ]. (T, S.)

Derived headwords

ا@سْتَأْوَيْتُهُverb
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وَلَوْ أَنَّنى ا@سْتَأْوَيْتُهُ مَا أَوَى لِيَا