صَاوٍ
Root: صوى
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صَاوٍ
Dry, by reason of thirst, or want of irrigation, or by reason of leanness, or emaciation. You say نَخْلَةٌ صَاوِيَةٌ, and
, [agreeably with rule, as part. n. of صَوِيَت,] or
صَوِيَّةٌ , A dry, or driedup, palm-tree: and in like manner one terms other trees: and sometimes, animals: thus the poet Sá'ideh applies the epithet صاوية to wild cows or wild oxen (بَقَر وَحْش).
2 And Strong.
2 And Strong.
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