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حوي

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of gathering, encompassing, and containing something. It extends to the idea of surrounding or enclosing, and can also refer to possession or holding.

Derived headwords

حَوَىverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, collectboth

    To bring together and collect something, to accumulate it.

  2. 2.
    to contain, encompassboth

    To hold within oneself or itself, to comprise or include.

  3. 3.
    to surround, encloseboth

    To encircle or surround something, to encompass it.

يَحْوِيهِverb
  1. 1.
    he contains itboth

    The present tense form indicating that he or it contains, encompasses, or surrounds something.

حِوَايَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering, collectionclassical

    The act or process of gathering or collecting things.

  2. 2.
    containmentclassical

    The state or act of containing or encompassing.

اِحْتَوَىverb
  1. 1.
    to contain, encompassboth

    To hold within, to comprise, to include, or to surround.

  2. 2.
    to embrace, to coverboth

    To take in or cover a subject or area comprehensively.

اِحْتَوَى عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to contain it, to encompass itboth

    To have something within its scope or limits; to include or surround it.

الحَيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    snakeboth

    A limbless reptile, often associated with its sinuous movement which can be seen as encompassing or surrounding.

Parallel reading

حواه يحويه
He contained it, he contains it.
حواه
He contained it.
حيا
Gathering.
حواية
Gathering, collection.
احتواه
He contained it.
احتوى عليه
He contained it, he encompassed it.
احتوى على الشيء: ألمأ عليه
To contain something: to encompass it.
ومن الحية
And from the snake.