ضوي

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of thinness, leanness, and emaciation, both in physical form and in terms of lineage. It describes a state of being skinny, weak, or poorly built, and can also refer to a specific type of offspring.

Derived headwords

الضوىnoun

1.
Emaciationboth
Thinness of bone and smallness of body, either by nature or through emaciation.

ضويverb

1.
to be emaciatedboth
To be thin, weak, or emaciated in body.

ضوىverb

1.
to be emaciatedboth
To be thin, weak, or emaciated in body.

ضاوٍadjective

1.
emaciatedboth
Thin of body and small in build, by nature. This applies to humans and other animals.

ضاويadjective

1.
emaciatedboth
Thin of body and small in build, by nature. This applies to humans and other animals.
2.
born of close relativesclassical
One who is born between a brother and sister, or between other close blood relatives (dhu mahram).

أضوىverb

1.
to become thinboth
A man's body became thin or emaciated.
2.
to weakenclassical
To become weak, similar to the verb 'aḍ'afa'.

أضوتverb

1.
to give birth to a thin childboth
A woman gave birth to a thin male child (ḍāwiyan). The same applies to a man having a child.

Parallel reading

دقة العظم وقلة الجسم خلقة، أو الهزال

Thinness of bone and smallness of body by nature, or emaciation.

وقد ضوي، كرضي، ضوى

And he became emaciated, as in 'raḍiya', he became emaciated.

أخوها أبوها والضوى لا يضيرها وساق أبيها أمها عقرت عقرا

Her brother is her father, and emaciation does not harm her, and the leg of her father has made her mother barren.

فيضوى كما يضوى رديد الغرائب

And he becomes emaciated like the offspring of strangers becomes emaciated.

فهو غلام ضاو

So he is an emaciated boy.

ضاوي، بالتشديد، وزنه فاعول، أي نحيف الجسم قليله خلقة

ḍāwī, with shadda, its weight is fāʿūl, meaning thin of body and small by nature.

الضاوي هو الذي يولد بين الأخ والأخت وبين ذوي محرم

The ḍāwī is one who is born between a brother and sister, and between close blood relatives.

فحملت فولدت ضاويا

So she conceived and gave birth to an emaciated boy.

أضوى الرجل: دق جسمه

The man became thin: his body became thin.

أضوى: مثل أضعف

He became weak: like 'aḍ'afa'.

أضوت المرأة: ولدت غلاما ضاويا

The woman gave birth: she gave birth to an emaciated boy.

وكذلك أضوى الرجل

And likewise, the man had a child.