انغوى
Root: غو
Form: 7
Full Definition
انغوىVII
signifies اِنْهَوَى and مَالَ [app. He declined from the right way or course; for all of these three verbs seem to be here used in one and the same sense, agreeably with a saying in the JK, المُنْغَوِى شِبْهُ المُنْهَوِى المَائِلُ]: [or rather,] accord. to Az, [it signifies he was, or became, or suffered himself to be, made to decline, or to turn, from the right way or course, by love, or desire; for he says that] it is quasi-pass. of غَوَاهُ الهَوَى, which signifies أَمَالَهُ and صَرَفَهُ: or he fell into error by yielding to love and desire. See also 4.
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