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صوى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

صَاوٍ ذ Dry, (S, K, TA,) by reason of thirst, or want of irrigation, or by reason of leanness, or emaciation. (TA.) You say نَخْلَةٌ صَاوِيَةٌ, (M, K,) and ↓ صَوِيَةٌ, (M, TA,) [agreeably with rule, as part. n. of صَوِيَت,] or ↓ صَوِيَّةٌ, (so in copies of the K, [app. a mistranscription,]) A dry, or driedup, palm-tree: (M, K:) and in like manner one terms other trees: and sometimes, animals: thus the poet Sá'ideh applies the epithet صاوية to wild cows or wild oxen (بَقَر وَحْش). (M.) ― -b2- And Strong. (TA.)

Derived headwords

صَاوٍ
  1. 1.
نَخْلَةٌ صَاوِيَةٌ
بَقَر وَحْش