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روى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

رَوِيَّةٌ ذ A want, or thing wanted: (A 'Obeyd, T, S:) so in the saying, لَنَا عِنْدَ فُلَانٍ رَوِيَّةٌ [ We have a want to be supplied to us on the part of such a one; meaning we want a thing of such a one ]: (A 'Obeyd, T:) and لَنَا قِبَلَكَ رَوِيَّةٌ [ We have a want to be supplied to us on thy part; we want a thing of thee ]. (S.) ― -b2- And The remainder of a debt and the like. (S.) -A2- Also, (S,) or رَوِيَّةٌ فِى أَمْرٍ, (M, K, *) thus usually pronounced without ء, (S,) [originally رَوِيْئَةٌ,] Inspection, examination, consideration, or thought, of an affair; (S, M, K;) without haste: (M:) pl. رَوَايَا. (JM, TA.) You say, مَضَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ بِغَيْرِ رَوِيَّةٍ [ He went at random, heedlessly, or in a headlong manner, without consideration ]. (A in art. ركب.) See رَاوِيَةٌ, near the end. [See also رَوِيْئَةٌ in art. روأ.)

Derived headwords

رَوِيَّةٌ
  1. 1.
لَنَا عِنْدَ فُلَانٍ رَوِيَّةٌ
لَنَا قِبَلَكَ رَوِيَّةٌ
فِى أَمْرٍ
مَضَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ بِغَيْرِ رَوِيَّةٍ