حَوْزٌ
Root: حوز
Full Definition
حَوْزٌ
Verbal.Noun of 1 [q. v.].
2 فِى حَوْزِهِ: see حَوْزَةٌ.
def.2 A place of which a man takes possession, and around which a dam (مُسَنَّاةٌ) is made: pl. أَحْوَازٌ.
2 حَوْزُ الدَّارِ: see حَيِّزٌ.
def.3 لَيْلَةُ الحَوْزِ The first night during which camels repair towards the water when it is distant from the pasture: because they are driven gently that night: but when their faces are turned towards the water and they are left to pasture that night, the night is called لَيْلَةُ الطَّلَقِ. One says to a man, when he holds back respecting an affair, دَعْنِى مِنْ حَوْزِكَ وَطَلَقِكَ
2 حَوْزٌ is also used as an epithet; though properly an Verbal.Noun: you say, سَوْقٌ حَوْزٌ [A gentle driving: or a vehement driving].
2 فِى حَوْزِهِ: see حَوْزَةٌ.
def.2 A place of which a man takes possession, and around which a dam (مُسَنَّاةٌ) is made: pl. أَحْوَازٌ.
2 حَوْزُ الدَّارِ: see حَيِّزٌ.
def.3 لَيْلَةُ الحَوْزِ The first night during which camels repair towards the water when it is distant from the pasture: because they are driven gently that night: but when their faces are turned towards the water and they are left to pasture that night, the night is called لَيْلَةُ الطَّلَقِ. One says to a man, when he holds back respecting an affair, دَعْنِى مِنْ حَوْزِكَ وَطَلَقِكَ
2 حَوْزٌ is also used as an epithet; though properly an Verbal.Noun: you say, سَوْقٌ حَوْزٌ [A gentle driving: or a vehement driving].
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