Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَخَوِيٌّ

Root: اخو

Full Definition

أَخَوِيٌّ Brotherly; fraternal; of, or relating to, a brother, and a friend or companion: and also, sisterly; of, or relating to, a sister; because you say أَخَوَاتٌ [meaning “sisters”]; but Yoo used to say أُخْتِىُّ , which is not agreeable with analogy.


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