مِطْوًى
Root: طوى
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مِطْوًى
[A winder for thread;] a thing upon which spun thread is wound.
2 And, as a word used by the vulgar, [but by them generally pronounced مَطْوَى, with fet-h, and without tenween,] A small [clasp-] knife.
2 And, as a word used by the vulgar, [but by them generally pronounced مَطْوَى, with fet-h, and without tenween,] A small [clasp-] knife.
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