حظو

حَظِىٌّ حظ حظى حظي حظيي part. n. of حَظِىَ, (Msb,) [ Fortunate or happy, ] in favour with, or beloved by, and in high estimation with, others; (S, * Msb, TA; *) occupying a high place or rank [ in the estimation of another or others ]; (S, TA;) and ↓ حَظٍ signifies the same: (Har p. 623:) fem. ↓ حَظِيَّةٌ, (S, Msb, K,) applied to a woman in favour with, or beloved by, and in high estimation with, her husband; (Msb;) pl. حَظَايَا. (S, TA.) You say, ↓ هِىَ حَظِيَّتِى [ She is my favourite ], and اـِحْدَيِ حَظَايَايَ [ one of my favourites ]. (S, TA.) For حَظِيَّةٌ, the vulgar say, erroneously, ↓ مَحْظِيَّة; [meaning thereby A concubine; in which sense حَظِيَّةٌ is used by late writers;] and making the pl. مَحَاظِى, which is also wrong. (TA.) Hence the prov., فَلَا أَلِيَّةً ↓ اـِلَّا حَظِيَّةً, (S, K, TA,) explained in art. الو. ― -b2- الحَظِىُّ also is applied to The eighth of the horses that are started together in a race. (Ham p. 46.)