الهَوَى
Root: هوى
Full Definition
الهَوَى
Love, and attachment: then, inclination of the soul, or mind, to a thing: then, blameable inclination; as when one says, اِتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ [He followed his evil inclination]; and هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ
الأَهْوَآءِ [see below]. See also حُبٌّ.
2 هَوًى Also signifies Beloved [or an object of love]. [Being originally an Verbal.Noun, it may be used alike as sing. and pl. See an ex. in a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. زين: and see an ex. voce شَكْلٌ.
3 الهَوَى The inclination of the soul to that in which the animal appetites take delight, without any lawful invitation thereto; [natural desire:] love, and desire; generally, such as is not praiseworthy: I render it, love, or desirous love.
4 [Its pl.] أَهْوَآءٌ also signifies Opinions declining, or swerving, from the right way, or from the truth. [Hence,] أَهْلُ الأَهْوَآءِ [The people of erroneous opinions]. (T, in art. سمع; &c.)
2 هَوًى Also signifies Beloved [or an object of love]. [Being originally an Verbal.Noun, it may be used alike as sing. and pl. See an ex. in a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. زين: and see an ex. voce شَكْلٌ.
3 الهَوَى The inclination of the soul to that in which the animal appetites take delight, without any lawful invitation thereto; [natural desire:] love, and desire; generally, such as is not praiseworthy: I render it, love, or desirous love.
4 [Its pl.] أَهْوَآءٌ also signifies Opinions declining, or swerving, from the right way, or from the truth. [Hence,] أَهْلُ الأَهْوَآءِ [The people of erroneous opinions]. (T, in art. سمع; &c.)
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