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ضوى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

ضَاوِىٌّ ذ , (S, M, Msb, K,) of the measure فَاعُولٌ, [originally ضَاوُوىٌ,] (S, Msb,) and ↓ ضَاوٍ, (Msb, TA,) applied to a boy, (S, M, K,) and with ة applied to a girl, (S, Msb, K,) Lean, or emaciated, (S, Msb, K,) and small in body: (Msb:) or slender in the bones, and spare of body, naturally: (M, K:) and likewise applied to any species of animal: (M:) accord. to the T, the offspring of an incestuous union. (TA.) الضَّاوِىُّ, (T, TA,) not without teshdeed, as the text of the K implies it to be, (TA,) was the name of A certain horse, (T, K, TA,) belonging to Ghanee. (T, TA.) ― -b2- Also the former, disordered, or diseased, and near to dying: [so I render حَارِضٌ, q. v.:] and weak; in a bad, or corrupt, state. (TA.)

Derived headwords

ضَاوِىٌّ
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