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دوى
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaدَوِىٌّ دواية دوى دوي : A sound: (M:) or a confused and continued sound (حَفِيفٌ); as [the rustling, or murmuring, ] of the wind; and [the rustling ] of a bird; and [the humming, or buzzing, ] of bees: (S, K:) and the distant sound of rain and of thunder: (T:) or, as some say, particularly the [ rumbling ] sound of thunder: (M:) [and a ringing in the ears; as in the saying] خَلَا بَطْنِىمِنَ الطَّعَامِ حَتَّىسَمِعْتُ دِوَيًّا لِمَسَامِعِى [ My belly became empty of food so that I heard a ringing in my ears ]. (T.) -A2- [It is also an epithet; whence] أَرْضٌ دَوِّيَةٌ: see دَوٍ, last sentence.
Derived headwords
دَوِىٌّ
- 1.
خَلَا بَطْنِىمِنَ الطَّعَامِ
حَتَّىسَمِعْتُ دِوَيًّا لِمَسَامِعِى
أَرْضٌ دَوِّيَةٌ