هوى

الهَوَى ذ Love, and attachment: then, inclination of the soul, or mind, to a thing: then, blameable inclination; as when one says, اِتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ [ He followed his evil inclination ]; and هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الأَهْوَاآءِ [see below]. (Msb.) See also حُبٌّ. ― -b2- هَوًى Also signifies Beloved [or an object of love ]. (K, Ham, p. 546.) [Being originally an inf. n., it may be used alike as sing. and pl. See an ex. in a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. زين: and see an ex. voce شَكْلٌ. ― -b3- الهَوَى The inclination of the soul to that in which the animal appetites take delight, without any lawful invitation thereto; (KT;) [ natural desire: ] love, and desire; generally, such as is not praiseworthy: (Mgh:) I render it, love, or desirous love. ― -b4- [Its pl.] أَهْوَاآءٌ also signifies Opinions declining, or swerving, from the right way, or from the truth. (Bd, ii. 114.) [Hence,] أَهْلُ الأَهْوَاآءِ [ The people of erroneous opinions ]. (T, in art. سمع; &c.)