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وعي

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root 'وعي' primarily concerns the concepts of retaining, comprehending, and collecting information or physical objects. It extends to meanings of healing, gathering, and even specific sounds or states like pus.

Derived headwords

وَعَىverb
  1. 1.
    to retain, comprehendboth

    To memorize, understand, and accept something, particularly knowledge or speech.

  2. 2.
    to gather, collectboth

    To collect or gather things, especially food and drink, into a container or one's body.

  3. 3.
    to heal, mendclassical

    For a bone to heal or mend after being broken, sometimes with a slight deformity.

وَعْيnoun
  1. 1.
    retention, comprehensionboth

    The act of memorizing, understanding, and accepting information.

  2. 2.
    pus, dischargeclassical

    Pus or a thick discharge from a wound.

  3. 3.
    clamor, noiseclassical

    A loud noise, clamor, or shouting, especially the sound of dogs in hunting.

  4. 4.
    necessity, needclassical

    A state of being in need or having no alternative.

وَاعٍadjective
  1. 1.
    comprehending, understandingboth

    One who retains, understands, and accepts knowledge or speech.

  2. 2.
    retentiveboth

    Having a good memory or capacity for understanding.

أَوْعَىverb
  1. 1.
    to put into a containerboth

    To place something into a container or vessel.

  2. 2.
    to hoard, be stingyclassical

    To hoard or save excessively, leading to stinginess.

  3. 3.
    to sever, cut offclassical

    To sever or cut off, specifically referring to the nose.

إِيعَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    container, vesselboth

    A container or vessel used for holding or storing things.

  2. 2.
    hoarding, stinginessclassical

    The act of hoarding or being stingy with resources.

وِعَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    container, vesselboth

    A container or vessel for holding or storing things.

  2. 2.
    repository of knowledgeclassical

    A place or source where knowledge is kept or gathered.

أَوْعِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    containers, vesselsboth

    Plural of 'wi'a', meaning containers or vessels.

مُوعَىnoun
  1. 1.
    containerclassical

    A place where something is put or stored.

اِسْتَوْعَىverb
  1. 1.
    to comprehend fullyboth

    To comprehend or understand something completely.

  2. 2.
    to take all, exhaustboth

    To take or receive something in its entirety, to exhaust a right or claim.

  3. 3.
    to sever (nose)classical

    To have one's nose completely severed.

وَاعِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wailing, lamentationclassical

    Loud crying or wailing, especially over a deceased person.

  2. 2.
    sound, voiceclassical

    A general sound or voice, not necessarily a cry.

تَوَعَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to gather waterclassical

    To gather or collect water, especially in hollow objects.

مُسْتَوْعَىadjective
  1. 1.
    bound, tiedclassical

    Bound or tied, referring to a wrist or joint.

أَوْعَى مِنْphrase
  1. 1.
    more retentive thanboth

    Possessing greater capacity for retention or understanding than someone else.

وَاعِيadjective
  1. 1.
    attentive, mindfulboth

    Attentive, mindful, or aware of something.

وَعِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    intelligent, discerningboth

    Intelligent, discerning, and knowledgeable.

وَعِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    stored provisionsclassical

    Provisions or food stored for a long time, potentially becoming spoiled.

Parallel reading

لا يعذب اللها قلبا وعى القرآن
God will not punish a heart that comprehends the Quran.
أي عقله إيمانا به وعملا
Meaning, it comprehends it with faith and action.
فأما من حفظ ألفاظه وضيع حدوده فإنه غير واع له
But as for one who memorizes its words but neglects its limits, he is not comprehending it.
وعاها من قواعد بيت رأس شوارف لاحها مدر وغار
He retained them from the ancient, high foundations of the house of Ras, marked by mud and caves.
إنما معناه حفظها يعني الخمر
Its meaning is only to retain it, meaning the wine.
نضر اللها امرأ سمع مقالتي فوعاها
May God bless a man who heard my saying and retained it.
أي حفظها
Meaning, he memorized it.
وعاه يعيه وعيا: (جمعه) في الوعاء
He gathered it, gathers it, a gathering: collecting it in the container.
أي ما جمع من الطعام والشراب حتى يكونا من حلهما
Meaning, what is gathered of food and drink, so that they are from lawful sources.
فأوعيت منهم إدريس في الثانية
And I contained within them Idris in the second (heaven).
أي حفظت
Meaning, I retained.
واا أعلم بما يوعون
And I know best what they conceal.
الإيعاء ما يجمعون في صدورهم من التكذيب والإثم
Al-I'a' is what they gather in their chests of denial and sin.
أي يضمرون في قلوبهم من التكذيب
Meaning, they harbor in their hearts of denial.
تأخذه بدمنة فتوعيه
You take it with dung and it collects (water) in it.
أوعى الشيء في الوعاء يوعيه إيعاء
He put the thing in the container, he puts it in, an putting in.
إذا جعلته في الوعاء
When you place it in the container.
والشر أخبث ما أوعيت من زاد
And evil is the worst provision you store.
وعى العظم وعيا: (برأ على عثم)
The bone healed, a healing: it healed with a crookedness.
إذا جبر العظم بعد الكسر على عثم، وهو الإعوجاج، قيل: وعى يعي وعيا
If the bone heals after a fracture with crookedness, which is deformity, it is said: it healed, it heals, a healing.
وعى العظم: انجبر بعد الكسر
The bone healed: it mended after the fracture.
حتى وعيت كوعي عظم الساق لأمته الجبائر
Until it healed like the healing of a shin bone for which splints were applied.
القيح والمدة
Pus and discharge.
الوعي القيح ومثله المدة
Al-Wa'y is pus, and similar to it is discharge.
الجلبة والأصوات
Clamor and sounds.
مالي عنه وعي
I have no alternative to it.
لا وعي عن ذلك الأمر
No restraint from that matter.
تواعدن أن لا وعي عن فرج راكس
They promised each other that there would be no restraint from the private parts of a prostitute.
حفظت عن رسول اللها صلى الله عليه وسلم وعاءين من العلم
I memorized from the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, two vessels of knowledge.
لا توعي فيوعي اللها عليك
Do not hoard, lest God hoard from you.
أي لا تجمعي وتشحي بالنفقة فيشح عليك وتجازي بتضييق رزقك
Meaning, do not gather and be stingy with spending, lest you be made stingy and be recompensed with a restriction of your sustenance.
أعطي ولا توكي فيوكى عليك
Give and do not hoard, lest hoarding be done to you.
أي لا تدخري وتشدي ما عندك وتمنعي ما في يدك فتنقطع مادة الرزق عنك
Meaning, do not save and hold tightly what you have and withhold what is in your hand, lest the source of sustenance be cut off from you.
أوعاه جدعه: أوعبه
He severed his nose: he completely cut it off.
في الأنف إذا استوعي جدعه الدية
Regarding the nose, if its severance is complete, the blood money.
الواعية: الصراخ على الميت
Al-Wa'iyah: the wailing over the deceased.
سمعت واعية القوم أي أصواتهم
I heard the wa'iyah of the people, meaning their voices.
الواعية الصارخة
Al-Wa'iyah is the shrieker.
الواعية والوعى والوغى كلها الصوت
Al-Wa'iyah, al-Wa'y, and al-Wagha are all sound.
بئس واعي اليتيم
What a bad guardian of the orphan.
وهو الذي يقوم عليه
And he is the one who takes care of him.
وهو موعي الرسغ
And he is the one whose wrist is bound.
أي موثقه
Meaning, his restraint.
فرس وعى
A strong horse.
هو أوعى من فلان
He is more retentive than so-and-so.
أي أحفظ وأفهم
Meaning, more memorizing and understanding.
فرب مبلغ أوعى من سامع
For many a recipient is more retentive than a listener.
أوعى من النملة
More collecting than the ant.
الحافظ الكيس الفقيه
The retentive, shrewd, knowledgeable one.
المستوعب للزاد، كما يوعى المتاع
The one who takes all the provisions, like how goods are stored.
الزاد يدخر حتى يخنز كما يخنز القيح في الجرح
Provisions are stored until they spoil, like pus spoils in a wound.
استوعى منه حقه
He took his right from him completely.
أخذه كله واستوفاه
He took it all and fulfilled it.
وعى الجرح وعيا: سال قيحه
The wound festered, a festering: its pus flowed.
انضم فوه على مدة
Its opening closed over the discharge.
ووعت المدة في الجرح وعيا: اجتمعت
And the discharge gathered in the wound, a gathering: it accumulated.
وبرىء جرحه على وعي
And his wound healed with a festering.
أي نغل
Meaning, a boil or abscess.
إنه لفي وعي رجال
He is among many men.
أي في رجال كثير
Meaning, among many men.
أذن واعية
A retentive ear.