ارواهُ
Root: روى
Form: 4
Full Definition
ارواهُIV
مِنَ المَآءِ [and من اللَّبَنِ], Verbal.Noun إِرْوَآءٌ; and
مِنْهُ, Verbal.Noun تَرْوِيَةٌ; He satisfied him, or made him to be satisfied, with drinking of water [and of milk]; he satisfied, or quenched, his thirst, by a drink, or draught, of water [and of milk]; he did away with his thirst [thereby]. One says of a she-camel abounding in milk, هِىَ تُرْوِى
الصَّبِىَّ [She satisfies the thirst of the young child]: because he sleeps in the beginning of the night, and they desire that her flow of milk may be early, before his sleeping. [And in like manner, ارواهُ is said of water, and of milk, &c., meaning It satisfied his thirst.]
2 [Hence, اروى and روّى signify also He watered, or irrigated, plentifully a plant, or herbage, or a tree; or rendered it flourishing and fresh, luxuriant, succulent, or sappy, by plentiful irrigation: see 1, second sentence.]
def.2 See also 2, in the middle of the paragraph.
def.3 And see 1, last three sentences.
2 [Hence, اروى and روّى signify also He watered, or irrigated, plentifully a plant, or herbage, or a tree; or rendered it flourishing and fresh, luxuriant, succulent, or sappy, by plentiful irrigation: see 1, second sentence.]
def.2 See also 2, in the middle of the paragraph.
def.3 And see 1, last three sentences.
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