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حوض

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

حَوْضٌ حوض [ A watering-trough or tank, for beasts &c., generally constructed of stones cemented and plastered with mud, and made by the mouth of a well; and any similar receptacle for water; ] a place in which water collects, or is collected: (Msb, * TA:) accord. to some, from حَاضَتِ المَرْأَةُ; (K, TA;) [see art. حيض;] because the water flows to it; for, says Az, the Arabs put و in the place of ى, and ى in that of و: (TA:) accord. to others, from حَاضَ المَاآءَ, explained above: (K, TA:) and ↓ مُحَوَّضٌ signifies the same: (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] of the former, أَحْوَاضٌ and [of mult.] حِيَاضٌ, (S, Msb, K,) originally حِوَاضٌ, (Msb;) and حِيضَانٌ. (TA; and in a copy of the S in the place of حِيَاضٌ, which is the form given in other copies.) ― -b2- حَوْضُ الرَّسُولِ [ The pool of the Apostle, meaning Mohammad;] that of which the Apostle's people will be given to drink on the day of resurrection: [or] i. q. الكَوثَرُ, q. v. (TA.) AZ mentions the saying سَقَاكَ ا@للّٰهُ بِحَوْضِ الرَّسُولِ (A, * TA) and مِنْ حَوْضِهِ (TA) [ May God give thee to drink from the pool of the Apostle ]. ― -b3- حَوْضُ الحِمَارِ is an expression of revilement, signifying (tropical:) مَهْزُومُ الصَّدْرِ [lit. Depressed in the breast, or bosom; app. meaning narrow-minded; or illiberal; or niggardly ]. (Sgh, K.) ― -b4- حَوْضُ المَوْتِ (tropical:) i. q. مُجْتَمَعُهُ [app. meaning The place where death is met; where the draught thereof is drunk ]: so termed by way of simile: pl. as above. (TA.) ― -b5- اِنْصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ حَوْضُ الغَمَامِ and حِيَاضُهُ (tropical:) [ The reservoir of the clouds, and the reservoirs thereof, poured forth upon them ]. (A, TA.) ― -b6- مَلَأَ حَوْضَ أُذُنِهِ بِكَثْرَةِ كَلَامِهِ (tropical:) He filled the concha (صَدَفَة) of his ear with the abundance of his speech. (A, TA.)

Derived headwords

حَوْضٌ
  1. 1.
حَاضَتِ المَرْأَةُ
حَاضَ المَاآءَ
حَوْضُ الرَّسُولِ
سَقَاكَ ا@للّٰهُ بِحَوْضِ الرَّسُولِ
مِنْ حَوْضِهِ
مَهْزُومُ الصَّدْرِ
اِنْصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ حَوْضُ الغَمَامِ
مَلَأَ حَوْضَ أُذُنِهِ بِكَثْرَةِ كَلَامِهِ