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اوى
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaاِبْنُ اآوَى ابن اآوى ابن اآوي , a determinate noun, (S, M,) [ The jackal; vulgarly called in the present day وَاوِى;] a certain small beast, (M, K,) called in Persian شَغَالْ, (S,) or in that language [or in Turkish ] Jَقَالْ: (TA:) it has been said to be the offspring of the wolf; but is well known to be not of the wolf-kind: (Msb;) اآوَى is inseparable from ابن: (M:) it is imperfectly decl., (T, S, Msb,) being of the measure أَفْعَلُ, (S,) or regarded as such; (Lth, T;) or because it has the quality of a proper name and the measure of a verb : (Msb :) the pl. is بَنَاتُ اآوَى, (T, S, Msb, K,) though applying to males [as well as females], like بَنَاتُ أَعْوَجَ and بَنَاتُ لَبُون. (AHeyth, T.)
Derived headwords
اِبْنُ اآوَى
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بَنَاتُ اآوَى
بَنَاتُ أَعْوَجَ
بَنَاتُ لَبُون