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طوى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

طَوِىٌّ ذ A bundle of بَزّ [meaning cloths or stuffs or garments, or a kind, or kinds, thereof: so called as being folded together]: thus in the Tekmileh [and in copies of the K]: in [some of] the copies of the K, مِنَ البُرْدِ in the place of من البَزِّ. (TA.) ― -b2- And A well that is cased (S, M, Msb, * TA) with stones, or with baked bricks; as also ↓ طَىٌّ: (TA:) of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ: (Msb:) it is masc., but may be made fem. to accord. with the meaning [i. e. بِئْرٌ]: (M, TA:) pl. أَطْوَاآءٌ: accord. to the K, ↓ طَوِيَّةٌ signifies a well; but [SM says] I have not seen that any one has mentioned this. (TA.) -A2- And A سَاعَة [meaning short portion ] of the night: (K:) one says, أَتَيْتُهُ بَعْدَ طَوِىٍّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ [ I came to him after a short portion of the night ]: mentioned by ISd. (TA.)

Derived headwords

طَوِىٌّ
  1. 1.
مِنَ البُرْدِ
أَتَيْتُهُ بَعْدَ طَوِىٍّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ