سُوْءَى
Root: سوأ
Full Definition
سُوْءَى
is [fem. of
أَسْوَأُ , q. v., as meaning More, and most, evil, bad, abominable, foul, unseemly, unsightly, or ugly: and is also] a subst. signifying an evil, a bad, an abominable, a foul, or an unseemly, action; i. q.
فَعْلَةٌ سَيِّئَةٌ [and سَيِّئَةٌ alone]: in this sense, [as well as in the former,] contr. of
حُسْنَى.
2 In the Kur xxx. 9, accord. to the reading commonly known, [as contr. of الحُسْنَى,] السُّوْءَى means
2 In the Kur xxx. 9, accord. to the reading commonly known, [as contr. of الحُسْنَى,] السُّوْءَى means
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