ضوى

1 ضَوِىَ ذ , aor. يَضْوَى, inf. n. ضَوًى, He (a child, Msb) was, or became, lean, or emaciated, (S, Msb, K,) and small in body: (Msb:) or slender in the bones, and spare of body, naturally. (M, K.) [See also 4.] -A2- ضَوَى اـِلَيْهِ, (S, M, K,) aor. يَضْوِى, (S, K,) inf. n. ضُوِىٌّ (S, M, K) and ضَىٌّ, (M, K,) He adjoined himself, got him or got himself, betook him or betook himself, repaired, or resorted, to him; syn. اِنْضَمَّ; (S, M, K;) as also ↓ انضوى; (Har p. 73;) and he had recourse, or betook himself, to him for protection, or refuge. (S, * M, K.) ― -b2- And ضَوَى اـِلَىَّ مِنْهُ خَيْرٌ, inf. n. ضَىٌّ and ضُوِىٌّ, i. q. سَالَ [i. e. Bounty flowed to me from him ]: (M, TA:) accord. to the copies of the K, ضوى الى خَبَرِهِ سأل; which is wrong. (TA. [In my MS. copy of the K, الى خَيْره سَألَ.]) ― -b3- And ضَوَى signifies also It came by night: (M, K:) you say, ضَوَى اـِلَيْنَا خَبَرُهُ The news, or tidings, of him, or it, came to us by night. (M, TA.) -A3- ضُوِىَ, said of a camel, He was, or became, affected with the tumours termed ضَوًى, (Lth, TA,) or with what is termed ضَوَاةٌ [q. v.]. (M.)