تَوَّةٌ
Root: تو
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تَوَّةٌ
A period, or a short period, (سَاعَةٌ, AA, T, K,) of time. You say, مَضَتْ تَوَّةٌ
مِنَ اللَّيْلِ, and النَّهَار, A period, or a short period, (ساعة,) of the night passed, and of the day. And مَا مَضَى إِلَّا حَتَّى كَانَ كَذَا
There passed not save a short period (ساعة) to the time that such a thing happened. Hence the saying of the vulgar, تَوَّةً قَامَ [commonly pronounced تَوَّهْ] Just now (السَّاعَةَ) he rose, or stood.
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