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Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of thinness, emaciation, and weakness, often due to natural causes or childbirth. It also extends to meanings of joining, arriving, and seeking information, as well as specific anatomical terms and animal-related descriptions.

Derived headwords

ضَوَىverb
  1. 1.
    to be thinboth

    To be characterized by thinness of bone and leanness of body, either by nature or through emaciation.

  2. 2.
    to weakenboth

    To become weak or frail.

ضَاوٍadjective
  1. 1.
    emaciatedboth

    A description of a young boy who is thin and emaciated, often due to natural disposition or weakness.

أَضْوَىverb
  1. 1.
    to become thinboth

    To become thin or emaciated.

  2. 2.
    to weakenboth

    To become weak or frail.

  3. 3.
    to give birth to a weak offspringclassical

    Used for a woman who gives birth to a child that is thin and weak.

  4. 4.
    to diminishclassical

    To reduce or diminish someone's rights or possessions.

  5. 5.
    to fail to manageclassical

    To fail to properly manage or handle an affair or matter.

ضَوَى يضويverb
  1. 1.
    to joinboth

    To come together, to join or unite with others.

  2. 2.
    to take refugeboth

    To seek shelter or refuge.

  3. 3.
    to arrive at nightboth

    To come or arrive during the night.

  4. 4.
    to inquireclassical

    To ask about or inquire into someone's news or situation.

ضَوَىnoun
  1. 1.
    thinnessboth

    The state of being thin, emaciated, or lean.

  2. 2.
    weaknessboth

    The state of being weak or frail.

ضُوىًnoun
  1. 1.
    thinnessboth

    The state of being thin, emaciated, or lean.

  2. 2.
    weaknessboth

    The state of being weak or frail.

ضَاوٍnoun
  1. 1.
    nightcomerclassical

    One who arrives or visits during the night.

  2. 2.
    horseclassical

    A swift or fast horse.

ضَوَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    glandclassical

    A gland located beneath the earlobe, above the mastoid bone.

  2. 2.
    camel's vulvaclassical

    A protrusion from the vulva of a female camel that appears before the birth of the young.

Parallel reading

الضوى: دقة العظم، وقلة الجسم خلقة، أو الهزال.
Thinness: thinness of bone, leanness of body by nature, or emaciation.
ضوي، كرضي، فهو غلام ضاوي، بالتشديد، وهي: بهاء.
He was thin, like 'radiant', so he is an emaciated boy, with emphasis, and she is beauty.
وأضوى: دق، وأضعف،
And he became thin: thin, and weak,
و المرأة: ولدت ضاويا،
And the woman: gave birth to a thin one,
و حقه إياه: نقصه إياه،
And his right from him: he diminished it for him,
و الأمر: لم يحكمه.
And the affair: he did not manage it.
وضوى يضوي ضيا وضويا: انضم،
And he joined, he joins, joining and joining: he joined,
ولجأ،
and took refuge,
وأتى ليلا،
and came at night,
و إلى خبره: سأل.
And about his news: he inquired.
والضاوي: الطارق،
And the nightcomer: the one who arrives at night,
وفرس.
and a horse.
والضواة: غدة تحت شحمة الأذن فوق النكفة،
And the gland: a gland beneath the earlobe above the mastoid bone,
وهنة تخرج من حياء الناقة قبل خروج الولد.
and a protrusion that comes out of the vulva of a she-camel before the birth of the young.