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حوا

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of covering, enclosing, gathering, and collecting. It also extends to descriptions of colors, physical attributes, and specific geographical locations or objects.

Derived headwords

الحويةnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel saddle paddingclassical

    Padding stuffed and placed around a camel's hump, specifically for its protection or comfort. It is exclusively used for camels.

  2. 2.
    Intestinesclassical

    The internal organs, specifically the intestines, are referred to by this term, often in its plural form.

السويةnoun
  1. 1.
    fairness, equalityboth

    fairness, equality

حوية البطنnoun
  1. 1.
    Abdominal swellingclassical

    A term referring to a swelling or distension of the abdomen.

حاوية البطنnoun
  1. 1.
    Abdominal swellingclassical

    Synonymous with 'ḥawiyat al-baṭn', referring to a distended or swollen abdomen.

حاوياء البطنnoun
  1. 1.
    Abdominal swellingclassical

    Another term for a swollen or distended abdomen, synonymous with 'ḥawiyat al-baṭn'.

حواياnoun
  1. 1.
    Intestinesclassical

    The plural of 'al-ḥawiyah', referring to the intestines.

حواوnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of ḥāwiyahclassical

    A plural form for 'al-ḥāwiyah', following the pattern of 'fawāʿil'.

الحواءnoun
  1. 1.
    a group of houses of people gathered together, and the plural is 'al-aḥwiya', and they are made of camel hairboth

    a group of houses of people gathered together, and the plural is 'al-aḥwiya', and they are made of camel hair

الأحويةnoun
  1. 1.
    Groups of dwellingsclassical

    The plural of 'al-ḥawwāʾ', referring to clusters of houses.

الحوةnoun
  1. 1.
    darkness of the lipboth

    darkness of the lip

  2. 2.
    a color that mixes with 'al-kumayya' (dark brown), like rust of ironboth

    a color that mixes with 'al-kumayya' (dark brown), like rust of iron

  3. 3.
    an ember that strikes their speechboth

    an ember that strikes their speech

احووىverb
  1. 1.
    To acquire a hueclassical

    To take on a mixed color, such as a horse developing a hue that is a mix of green, black, and yellow.

حوىverb
  1. 1.
    To gatherboth

    To collect, gather, or bring together.

  2. 2.
    To containboth

    To hold or encompass something.

  3. 3.
    To acquire a hueclassical

    To develop a specific color or hue, as in 'ḥawā yuḥawwī ḥuwwatan'.

يحويverb
  1. 1.
    He gathers/containsboth

    Present tense of the verb 'ḥawā', meaning he gathers, collects, contains, or encompasses.

حياverb
  1. 1.
    He gathered/containedboth

    Past tense of the verb 'ḥawā', meaning he gathered, collected, contained, or encompassed.

احتوىverb
  1. 1.
    he contained the food, with 'ḥimya' and 'ḥimwa' (both with kasra on the first letter)both

    he contained the food, with 'ḥimya' and 'ḥimwa' (both with kasra on the first letter)

احتوى علىverb
  1. 1.
    To containboth

    To comprise, include, or contain something.

تحوىverb
  1. 1.
    To gather and become roundclassical

    To gather oneself together, to coil, or to become rounded, like a snake coiling up.

أحوىadjective
  1. 1.
    a man with dark lipsboth

    a man with dark lips

  2. 2.
    a camel that is 'aḥwā' when its greenness is mixed with black and yellowboth

    a camel that is 'aḥwā' when its greenness is mixed with black and yellow

أحيوadjective
  1. 1.
    Diminutive of 'aḥwā'classical

    The diminutive form of 'aḥwā' (mixed color), used by those who pronounce 'asyawad' as 'asyūwad'.

أحيىverb
  1. 1.
    To acquire a hue (variant)classical

    A variant pronunciation and conjugation for 'iḥwāwā' (to acquire a hue), used by some.

حواءnoun
  1. 1.
    a woman with dark lipsboth

    a woman with dark lips

حواءةnoun
  1. 1.
    A single plantclassical

    The singular form of 'ḥawwāʾ', referring to one plant of that type.

حواءadjective
  1. 1.
    a woman with dark lipsboth

    a woman with dark lips

حويتverb
  1. 1.
    She had dark lipsclassical

    Past tense verb indicating a woman having dark or brownish lips.

حوةnoun
  1. 1.
    Darkness of lipsclassical

    The state of having dark or brownish lips.

احويواءnoun
  1. 1.
    Acquiring a hue (masdar)classical

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the verb 'iḥwāwā', meaning the act of acquiring a mixed color.

احويواءnoun
  1. 1.
    Acquiring a hue (masdar)classical

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the verb 'aḥwāwā', meaning the act of acquiring a mixed color.

حيويةnoun
  1. 1.
    Livelinessmodern

    The state of being lively, energetic, or vital. (Note: This is a modern usage derived from the root 'ḥ-y-w' meaning life, but often associated with 'ḥ-w-w' in classical texts due to phonetic similarity and semantic overlap in 'gathering' or 'encompassing' life/energy).

Parallel reading

رأيت الحوايا عليها المنايا
I saw the saddle pads, upon them were the fates (meaning death).
والحوية لا تكون إلا للجمال
And the ḥawiyah (saddle padding) is only for camels.
وحوية البطن وحاوية البطن وحاوياء البطن، كله بمعنى
And ḥawiyat al-baṭn, ḥāwiyat al-baṭn, and ḥāwiyāʾ al-baṭn, all mean the same thing.
كأن نقيق الحب في حاويائه
As if the croaking of the frogs in its hollows...
وملح الوسيقة في الحاوية
And the saltiness of the milk in the container...
وجمع الحوية حوايا، وهى الامعاء
And the plural of al-ḥawiyah is ḥawāyā, and it means the intestines.
والحواء: جماعة بيوت من الناس مجتمعة
And al-ḥawwāʾ: a collection of houses of people gathered together.
والحوة: لون يخالط الكمتة، مثل صدأ الحديد
And al-ḥuwwah: a color that mixes with dark red, like iron rust.
يقال: قد احووى الفرس يحووى احوواء
It is said: the horse acquired a mixed color, it acquires a mixed color, acquiring a mixed color.
والحوة: سمرة الشفة
And al-ḥuwwah: the darkness of the lip.
يقال رجل أحوى وامرأة حواء، وقد حويت
It is said: a man is 'aḥwā' (dark-lipped) and a woman is 'ḥawwāʾ' (dark-lipped), and she had dark lips.
وحواه يحويه حيا، أي جمعه
And he gathered it, he gathers it, gathering; meaning he collected it.
واحتوى على الشئ، أي ألمأ عليه
And he contained the thing, meaning he encompassed it.
وتحوى، أي تجمع واستدار
And it coiled, meaning it gathered and became round.
وبعير أحوى، إذا خالط خضرته سواد وصفرة
And a camel is 'aḥwā' if its greenness is mixed with blackness and yellowness.
والحواء، مثال المكاء: نبت يشبه لون الذئب
And al-ḥawwāʾ, like makāʾ: a plant that resembles the color of a wolf.