Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عَطْوٌ

Root: عطو

Full Definition

عَطْوٌ and عُطْوٌ and عِطْوٌ, applied to a gazelle, and to a kid, accord. to Kr, who mentions only the first, as though an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet, Stretching itself up towards the trees, to take therefrom; as also عَطُوٌّ . [See also عَاطٍ.]


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