Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

رَوِيَّةٌ

Root: روى

Full Definition

رَوِيَّةٌ A want, or thing wanted: so in the saying, لَنَا عِنْدَ فُلَانٍ رَوِيَّةٌ [We have a want to be supplied to us on the part of such a one; meaning we want a thing of such a one]: and لَنَا قِبَلَكَ رَوِيَّةٌ [We have a want to be supplied to us on thy part; we want a thing of thee].
2 And The remainder of a debt and the like.

def.2 Also, or رَوِيَّةٌ فِى أَمْرٍ, thus usually pronounced without ء, [originally رَوِيْئَةٌ,] Inspection, examination, consideration, or thought, of an affair; without haste: pl. رَوَايَا. You say, مَضَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ بِغَيْرِ رَوِيَّةٍ [He went at random, heedlessly, or in a headlong manner, without consideration]. (A in art. ركب.) See رَاوِيَةٌ, near the end. [See also رَوِيْئَةٌ in art. روأ.)


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