زَوَاهُ
Root: زوى
Form: 1
Full Definition
زَوَاهُI
, Present.T يَزْوِيهِ, Verbal.Noun زَىٌّ and زُوِىٌّ, the latter [accord. to the CK زَوْىٌ, but it is correctly] like عُتِىٌّ, He put it aside, or away, or apart; or removed it from its place. You say, زَوَىَ عَنْهُ كَذَا, Verbal.Noun زُوِىٌّ, He averted, diverted, or removed, from him such a thing; turned, put, or sent, it away, or back, from him.
2 And زَوَى سِرَّهُ عَنْهُ He concealed his secret from him.
3 Also زَوَاهُ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun زَىٌّ, He drew it, collected it, or gathered it, together; contracted it, or grasped it. It is said in a trad., زُوِيَتْ لِىَ الأَرْضُ فَأْرِيتُ مَشَارِقَهَا وَمَغَارِبَهَا [The earth was collected together to me, and I was shown its eastern parts and its western parts]. And you say, زَوَى المَالَ, Verbal.Noun زَىٌّ, He drew, or collected, together, or he grasped, the property, عَنْ وَارِثِهِ [from its inheritor]. And زَوَى مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ He drew together, or contracted, the part between his eyes. And جَآءَنَا بِصَرْبَةٍ تَزْوِى الوَجْهَ [He brought us some very sour milk such as contracts the face, or makes it to wrinkle]. (S in art. صرب.) And تَزْوِى الوُجُوهَ said of a cold north wind, It contracts [or wrinkles] the faces: a phrase used by Tarafeh Ibn-El-'Abd.
2 And زَوَى سِرَّهُ عَنْهُ He concealed his secret from him.
3 Also زَوَاهُ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun زَىٌّ, He drew it, collected it, or gathered it, together; contracted it, or grasped it. It is said in a trad., زُوِيَتْ لِىَ الأَرْضُ فَأْرِيتُ مَشَارِقَهَا وَمَغَارِبَهَا [The earth was collected together to me, and I was shown its eastern parts and its western parts]. And you say, زَوَى المَالَ, Verbal.Noun زَىٌّ, He drew, or collected, together, or he grasped, the property, عَنْ وَارِثِهِ [from its inheritor]. And زَوَى مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ He drew together, or contracted, the part between his eyes. And جَآءَنَا بِصَرْبَةٍ تَزْوِى الوَجْهَ [He brought us some very sour milk such as contracts the face, or makes it to wrinkle]. (S in art. صرب.) And تَزْوِى الوُجُوهَ said of a cold north wind, It contracts [or wrinkles] the faces: a phrase used by Tarafeh Ibn-El-'Abd.
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