تحوّى
Root: حوى
Form: 5
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تحوّىV
, Verbal.Noun تَحَوٍّ, It assumed a round, or circular, form; or coiled itself: or it gathered itself together, and coiled itself, or assumed a round, or circular, form. You say, تَحَوَّتِ الحَيَّةُ The serpent gathered itself together, and wound, or coiled, itself; whence, as some say, the word حَيَّةٌ: and in like manner one says of the intestines.
2 See also 2, in two places.
2 See also 2, in two places.
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