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ضوء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 ضَوَّاَ see the next paragraph, in two places. ― -b2- One says also, ضَوَّأْتُ عَنْهُ [meaning I brought to light, made visible, discovered, or revealed, him, or it ]. (M, TA.) A sheep, or goat, belonging to an Arab of the desert strayed; whereupon he said, اَللّٰهُمَّ ضَوِّئْ عَنْهُ [ O God, bring it to light, or discover it ]. (A, TA.) -A2- Accord. to Lth, but he is the only authority for it known by AM, (TA,) ضَوَّأَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ, inf. n. تَضْوِئَةٌ, means He declined, or turned away, from the affair. (K, TA.)

Derived headwords

ضَوَّاَverb
  1. 1.
ضَوَّأْتُ عَنْهُ
اَللّٰهُمَّ ضَوِّئْ عَنْهُ
ضَوَّأَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ