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طَوَى

Root: طوى

Full Definition

طَوَى A man lean, or lank, in the belly; (S, TA; [in the Ham, p. 708, erroneously written طِوَى البَطْنِ, and there expl. as meaning naturally small in the belly;]) as also مُنْطَوٍ [or rather مُنْطَوِى البَطْنِ]; and so طَيَّانُ .
2 And [hence], as also طَاوٍ , and طَيَّانُ , Hungry: or having eaten nothing: fem. [of the second] طَاوِيَةٌ and [of the third] طَيَّا or طَيَّآءُ [like حَيْرَى and حَيْرَآءُ pls. of حَيْرَانُ].
3 See also طَوًى.
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