طَوِىٌّ
Root: طوى
Full Definition
طَوِىٌّ
A bundle of
بَزّ [meaning cloths or stuffs or garments, or a kind, or kinds, thereof: so called as being folded together]: thus in the Tekmileh [and in copies of the K]: in [some of] the copies of the K, مِنَ البُرْدِ in the place of من
البَزِّ.
2 And A well that is cased with stones, or with baked bricks; as also طَىٌّ : of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ: it is masc., but may be made fem. to accord. with the meaning [i. e. بِئْرٌ]: pl. أَطْوَآءٌ: accord. to the K, طَوِيَّةٌ signifies a well; but [SM says] I have not seen that any one has mentioned this.
def.2 And A سَاعَة [meaning short portion] of the night: one says, أَتَيْتُهُ بَعْدَ طَوِىٍّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ [I came to him after a short portion of the night]: mentioned by ISd.
2 And A well that is cased with stones, or with baked bricks; as also طَىٌّ : of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ: it is masc., but may be made fem. to accord. with the meaning [i. e. بِئْرٌ]: pl. أَطْوَآءٌ: accord. to the K, طَوِيَّةٌ signifies a well; but [SM says] I have not seen that any one has mentioned this.
def.2 And A سَاعَة [meaning short portion] of the night: one says, أَتَيْتُهُ بَعْدَ طَوِىٍّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ [I came to him after a short portion of the night]: mentioned by ISd.
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