سعو ند سعى

سِعْوٌ ذ , with kesr, (T, S, TA,) [and ↓ سَعْوٌ, with fet-h, as shown by what follows,] or ↓ سِعْوَةٌ, with kesr, (K,) or ↓ سَعْوَةٌ, thus written in the M, with fet-h, (TA,) and ↓ سِعْوَاآءٌ, (T, S, ISd, K, [Freytag found this last written in a copy of the S سَعْوَاء, and in one of my copies of the S it is written سِعَاوَى,]) which is said to be masc., (TA,) [and therefore with tenween, accord. to a general rule applying to ns. of the measure فِعْلَاآء,] and ↓ سُعْوَاآءٌ, (IAar, Sgh, K,) A [ portion, or short portion, such as is termed ] سَاعَة, (S, M, K, &c.,) of the night: (S, M, TA:) [like سِهْوَاآءٌ, q. v.:] one says, مَضَى مِنَ اللَّيْلِ سِعْوٌ, (S, TA,) and ↓ سَعْوٌ, with fet-h as well as with kesr, (TA, and thus in the Ham p. 708,) and ↓ سَعْوَةٌ, with fet-h, (TA,) [or ↓ سِعْوَةٌ,] and ↓ سِعْوَاآءٌ, (S,) [and ↓ سُعْوَاآءٌ,] A portion (قِطْعَةٌ) of the night passed; (TA;) [or a short portion: ] and سِهْوٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ signifies the same: (Ham p. 708:) or, as some say, ↓ سعواآء signifies more than a ساعة, of the night, and likewise of the day; and one says, كُنَّا عِنْدَهُ فِى سِعْوَاوَاتٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ and النَّهَارِ [app. meaning We were with him, or at his abode, during some considerable portions of the night and of the day ]: so in the T. (TA.)