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روى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

رَوَاآءٌ ذ and ↓ رِوًى (T, S, M, K [in this last improperly said to be like اـِلَى, which is without tenween,]) and ↓ رَوِىٌّ (M, K) Sweet water: (S:) or water that causes him who comes to it to return with his thirst satisfied; (T, S; *) applied only to water that has a continual increase, and does not become exhausted, nor cease: (T:) or abundant water, that satisfies the thirst. (M, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] الرَّوَاآءُ is a name of The well of Zemzem. (K, TA.) -A2- And رواء, (so in the TA, as from the K, and as mentioned by Az on the authority of IAar, [but I have looked for it in vain in two copies of the T, app. رَوَاآءٌ, or perhaps ↓ رِوَاآءٌ, like the Pers. رِوَا, for one of these two may be from the other,] or ↓ رَوٌّ, (so accord. to my MS. copy of the K and accord. to the TK, [but this I think very dubious, and still more strange is the reading in the CK, which is رِو,]) Abundance of herbage, or of the goods, conveniences, or comforts, of life. (K.)

Derived headwords

رَوَاآءٌ
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