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خوى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

خَوًى خواء خوى خوي خويي Emptiness of the belly; (JK, K;) i. e. its emptiness of food; as also ↓ خَوَاآءٌ; (K;) [both inf. ns.;] the former of higher authority than the latter. (TA.) And Hunger; (JK, Msb;) as also ↓ خَوَاآءٌ, (TA,) i. q. خَوٌّ. (K, TA. [In the CK, والخُوُّ بالضَّمِّ العَسَلُ is erroneously put for والخَوُّ وَبِالضَّمِّ العَسَلُ. The word خَوٌّ belongs to art. خو, q. v.]) ― -b2- See also خَوَاآءٌ. ― -b3- Also, [الخَوِىٌّ in the CK being a mistake for الخَوَى,] A low, or depressed, tract between two moun tains: and a soft tract of land: (K, TA:) or a low, or depressed, tract, in plain, or soft, and in rugged and hard, ground, sinking into the earth, larger than the [ tract termed ] سُهْب, producing much herbage: (AHn, TA:) or any wide valley in a soft, or plain, [ low ground such as is termed ] جَوّ; (Az, TA;) as also خَوٌّ: (Az, TA in art. خو:) or a soft, far-extending, valley. (As, TA.) -A2- Also i. q. ثَابِتٌ [ Continuing, subsisting, lasting, &c.]: (K:) of the dial. of Teiyi. (TA.) -A3- And A flow of blood from the nose; or blood flowing from the nose. (K. [In this instance the word is correctly given in the CK.])

Derived headwords

خَوًى
  1. 1.
والخُوُّ بالضَّمِّ العَسَلُ
والخَوُّ وَبِالضَّمِّ العَسَلُ