ضَاوِىٌّ
Root: ضوى
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ضَاوِىٌّ
, of the measure فَاعُولٌ, [originally ضَاوُوىٌ,] and
ضَاوٍ , applied to a boy, and with ة applied to a girl, Lean, or emaciated, and small in body: or slender in the bones, and spare of body, naturally: and likewise applied to any species of animal: accord. to the T, the offspring of an incestuous union. الضَّاوِىُّ, not without teshdeed, as the text of the K implies it to be, was the name of A certain horse, belonging to Ghanee.
2 Also the former, disordered, or diseased, and near to dying: [so I render حَارِضٌ, q. v.:] and weak; in a bad, or corrupt, state.
2 Also the former, disordered, or diseased, and near to dying: [so I render حَارِضٌ, q. v.:] and weak; in a bad, or corrupt, state.
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