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Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to colors, specifically dark hues like black, dark green, or dark red. It also extends to concepts of closeness, attachment, and specific geographical or botanical terms.

Derived headwords

حُوَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    dark green/redclassical

    A color that is blackish-green, or reddish-black.

حَوِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be dark-coloredclassical

    To possess a dark color, specifically blackish-green or reddish-black.

حَوَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, collectboth

    To gather or collect something. This is the intensified form of the root's meaning.

اِحْوَىٰverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, collectboth

    To gather or collect something. This is the intensified form of the root's meaning.

اِحْوَاوَىٰverb
  1. 1.
    to be dark-coloredclassical

    To become dark-colored, specifically blackish-green or reddish-black.

اُحْوُوِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be dark-coloredclassical

    To become dark-colored, specifically blackish-green or reddish-black.

أَحْوَىٰadjective
  1. 1.
    dark-coloredclassical

    Possessing a dark color, such as blackish-green or reddish-black.

  2. 2.
    blackclassical

    Black in color.

  3. 3.
    dark green plantclassical

    A plant that appears dark due to its intense greenness.

اِحْوٰوْتِverb
  1. 1.
    to become greenclassical

    The land became green, indicating lush vegetation.

اُحْوُوْتِverb
  1. 1.
    to become greenclassical

    The land became green, indicating lush vegetation.

حَوَّاءadjective
  1. 1.
    dark red lipclassical

    A lip that is reddish-black in color.

حَوَّاءَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ground-hugging plantclassical

    A type of herb that grows close to the ground.

  2. 2.
    homebodyclassical

    Someone who stays confined to their home.

حَوَّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    horsesclassical

    A plural term for horses.

  2. 2.
    Eve

    The wife of Adam, the first woman.

حُوَّة الوَادِيnoun
  1. 1.
    side of a valleyclassical

    The edge or flank of a valley.

حُوْnoun
  1. 1.
    calling goatsclassical

    A sound or call used to herd goats.

حَوْحَىٰ بِهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to call goatsclassical

    To herd or call goats using the specific sound 'ḥū'.

Parallel reading

الحوة، بالضم: سواد إلى الخضرة، أو حمرة إلى السواد.
Al-ḥuwwah, with dammah: blackness tending towards green, or redness tending towards blackness.
وحوي، كرضي، حوى واحواوى واحووى واحووى، مشددة، فهو أحوى.
And ḥawiya, like raḍiya, ḥawwā and iḥwāwā and uḥwūwiya and iḥwāwā, intensified, he is aḥwā.
واحواوت الأرض، واحووت: اخضرت.
And the land iḥwāwat, and uḥwūt: became green.
وشفة حواء: حمراء إلى السواد.
And a ḥawwāʾ lip: reddish-black.
والأحوى: الأسود، والنبات الضارب إلى السواد لشدة خضرته، وفرس قتيبة بن ضرار.
And al-aḥwā: the black, and the plant tending towards blackness due to its intense greenness, and the horse of Qutaybah ibn Ḍirār.
والحواءة، كرمانة: بقلة لازقة بالأرض، واللازم في بيته.
And al-ḥawwāʾah, like rammānah: a herb clinging to the ground, and one who stays in his house.
والحواء: أفراس، وزوج آدم عليهما السلام.
And al-ḥawwāʾ: horses, and the wife of Adam, peace be upon him.
وحوة الوادي، بالضم: جانبه.
And ḥuwwat al-wādī, with dammah: its side.
وحو، بالضم: زجر للمعزى، وقد حوحى بها.
And ḥū, with dammah: a call for goats, and they were herded with it.
ولا ms1779 يعرف الحو من اللو، أي: البين من الخفي.
And it is not known whether al-ḥū is from al-lū, meaning: the clear from the hidden.