أَوَّاهٌ

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أَوَّاهٌ A man often saying Ah! or alas! or often moaning: or one who says Ah! or alas! from a motive of affection, or pity, or compassion, and fear: or mourning, or sorrowing, much, or often: or compassionate; tender-hearted: or often praying, or frequent in prayer: or one who celebrates the praises of God, or praises Him greatly, or glorifies Him: or who praises much, or often: or who abases himself, or addresses himself with earnest supplication, [to God], confident of his prayer's being answered: or one having certain knowledge of his prayer's being answered: or inviting much, or often, to what is good: or skilled in the law: or a believer; so in the Abyssinian language: occurring in the Kur [ix. 115 and xi. 77].

def.2 See also آهِ.

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