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حو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

حُوَّةٌ حوه حوة [ A brown colour; ] redness inclining to blackness: (As, S, K:) or a colour intermixed with [ the blackish red termed ] كُمْتَةٌ, like the rust of iron: (S:) or blackness inclining to greenness. (K.) In the lip, [The brownish colour termed ] سُمْرَةٌ; (S;) [i. e.] a colour resembling [ that termed ] اللَّعَسُ and اللَّمَى: (T, TA:) or a blackness in the lips; which is approved. (Ham p. 386.)

Derived headwords

حُوَّةٌ
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