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Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of settling, residing, and taking shelter. It extends to the idea of bringing someone or something to a place of rest or safety, and also encompasses the gathering of birds.

Derived headwords

أَوَىverb
  1. 1.
    to settle, resideboth

    To settle oneself in a place, to inhabit it.

أُويverb
  1. 1.
    to settle, resideboth

    To settle oneself in a place, to inhabit it (with dammah on the 'alif).

أَوَيْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I settled, I residedboth

    The first-person singular past tense of settling or residing in a place.

تَأَوِيَةverb
  1. 1.
    to settle, resideboth

    To settle oneself in a place, to inhabit it (a variant form).

تَأَوَّيْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I settled, I residedboth

    The first-person singular past tense of settling or residing in a place (a variant form).

اِئْتَوَيْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I settled, I residedboth

    The first-person singular past tense of settling or residing in a place (a variant form).

وَاتَّيْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I settled, I residedboth

    The first-person singular past tense of settling or residing in a place (a variant form).

أَوَىverb
  1. 1.
    to shelter, give refugeboth

    To cause someone or something to settle, to give them shelter or refuge.

آوَىverb
  1. 1.
    to shelter, give refugeboth

    To cause someone or something to settle, to give them shelter or refuge (a variant form).

المَأْوَىnoun
  1. 1.
    shelter, refugeboth

    A place of settling, a dwelling, a refuge, or a place of safety.

المَأْوِيnoun
  1. 1.
    shelter, refugeboth

    A place of settling, a dwelling, a refuge, or a place of safety (a variant form).

المَأْوَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    shelter, refugeboth

    A place of settling, a dwelling, a refuge, or a place of safety (a variant form).

تَأَوَّتَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, assembleclassical

    Used for birds, meaning to gather or assemble together.

تَآوَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, assembleclassical

    Used for birds, meaning to gather or assemble together (a variant form).

أَوِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    gathering, assembledclassical

    Describing birds that are gathered or assembled together.

أَوَى لَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to pity, feel compassionclassical

    To feel pity or compassion for someone.

أَوِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pity, compassionclassical

    A state of pity or compassion.

إِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pity, compassionclassical

    A state of pity or compassion (a variant form).

مَأْوِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pity, compassionclassical

    A state of pity or compassion (a variant form).

مَأْوَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    pity, compassionclassical

    A state of pity or compassion (a variant form).

اِئْتَوَىverb
  1. 1.
    to pity, feel compassionclassical

    To feel pity or compassion for someone (a variant form).

ابْنُ آوَىname
  1. 1.
    jackalboth

    A small wild animal, a jackal.

بَنَاتُ آوَىnoun
  1. 1.
    jackalsboth

    The plural of ابن آوى, referring to jackals.

آوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    place near the watering placeclassical

    A place near a watering place.

  2. 2.
    sign, miracleclassical

    It is also said to mean a sign or a miracle.

آيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sign, miracleboth

    A sign or a miracle (a variant pronunciation/spelling of آوة).

Parallel reading

أويت منزلي، وإليه أويا
I settled in my home, and to it I returned to settle.
وأويت تأوية، وتأويت واتويت وائتويت: نزلته بنفسي، وسكنته
And I settled with تأوية, and I settled with تأويت, واتويت, and ائتويت: I inhabited it myself and dwelled in it.
وأويته وأويته وآويته: أنزلته
And I sheltered him, and I sheltered him, and I gave him shelter: I made him settle.
والمأوى والمأوي والمأواة: المكان
And al-ma'wa, al-ma'wi, and al-ma'wah: the place.
وتأوت الطير، وتآوت: تجمعت
And the birds gathered, and they gathered: they assembled.
وطير أوي، كجثي: متأويات
And birds that are أوي, like جثي: assembled.
وأوى له، كروى، أوية وإية ومأوية ومأواة: رق، كائتوى
And he felt pity for him, like روى, with أوية, وإية, and مأوية, and مأواة: he felt compassion, like ائتوى.
وابن آوى: دويبة ج: بنات آوى
And Ibn Awa: a small animal, plural: Banat Awa.
وآوة: قرب الري، ويقال: آية
And Awa: near the watering place, and it is said: Aya.