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حرو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

حَرْوَةٌ حروه حروة A burning (M, K) which a man experiences (M) in the fauces (الحَلْق) and the chest and the head, by reason of anger, wrath, or rage, and of pain. (M, K.) — Acritude (S, K) of food, (S,) or in the taste of mustard (K, TA) and the like; (TA;) as also ↓ حَرَاوَةٌ. (S, K.) You say, اـِنِّى لَأَجِدُ لِهٰذَا الطَّعَامِ حَرْوَةً and ↓ حَرَاوَةً Verily I find that this food has an acrid quality, (S,) or a burning quality. (TA.) [See also حِرَّةٌ, and حَرَارَةٌ.] And one says, ↓ لِهْذَا الكُحْلِ حَرَاوَةٌ فِى العَيْنِ [ This collyrium has a burning effect in the eye ]. (TA.) — A disagreeable odour, that has a sharpness, or pungency, (M, K,) in the خَيَاشِيم [or air-passages of the nose ]. (M.)

Derived headwords

حَرْوَةٌ
  1. 1.
اـِنِّى لَأَجِدُ لِهٰذَا الطَّعَامِ حَرْوَةً
فِى العَيْنِ