حوى

5 تحوّى حوى تحوى تحوي , (S, K,) inf. n. تَحَوٍّ, (K,) It assumed a round, or circular, form; or coiled itself: (K:) or it gathered itself together, and coiled itself, or assumed a round, or circular, form. (S.) You say, تَحَوَّتِ الحَيَّةُ (S, K *) The serpent gathered itself together, and wound, or coiled, itself; (TA;) whence, as some say, the word حَيَّةٌ: (K:) and in like manner one says of the intestines. (K.) ― -b2- See also 2, in two places.