خَوًى

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خَوًى Emptiness of the belly; i. e. its emptiness of food; as also خَوَآءٌ ; [both inf. ns.;] the former of higher authority than the latter. And Hunger; as also خَوَآءٌ , i. q. خَوٌّ. (K, TA. [In the CK, والخُوُّ بالضَّمِّ العَسَلُ is erroneously put for والخَوُّ وَبِالضَّمِّ العَسَلُ. The word خَوٌّ belongs to art. خو, q. v.])
2 See also خَوَآءٌ.
3 Also, [الخَوِىٌّ in the CK being a mistake for الخَوَى,] A low, or depressed, tract between two moun tains: and a soft tract of land: or a low, or depressed, tract, in plain, or soft, and in rugged and hard, ground, sinking into the earth, larger than the [tract termed] سُهْب, producing much herbage: or any wide valley in a soft, or plain, [low ground such as is termed] جَوّ; as also خَوٌّ: (Az, TA in art. خو:) or a soft, far-extending, valley.

def.2 Also i. q. ثَابِتٌ [Continuing, subsisting, lasting, &c.]: of the dial. of Teiyi.

def.3 And A flow of blood from the nose; or blood flowing from the nose.

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