Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اجتواهُ

Root: جوى

Form: 8

Full Definition

اجتواهُVIII He disliked residing in it, namely, a country, or town, even if in the enjoyment of ease and plenty: or he disliked it, and found it to disagree with him; as also : or he disliked it, namely, a city, and found it to be insalubrious: or, as AZ says, he disliked it, namely, a country, even if it agreed with him in respect of his body: and he says, in his Nawádir, that اِجْتِوَآءٌ signifies the yearning towards, or longing for, home, and disliking a place, even if in the enjoyment of ease and plenty: and disliking it without yearning towards, or longing for, home: and also the not finding the food nor the beverage in a land to be wholesome: but not when one likes the residing in it but its food and beverage do not agree with him.

def.2 And اجتوى His heart was burnt by the fire of enmity.


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