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تَحْوِيَةٌ

Root: حوى

Form: 2

Full Definition

تَحْوِيَةٌII [Verbal.Noun of حوّى] signifies The act of drawing together, or contracting: and the state of drawing together, or contracting; or being drawn together, or contracted; as also تَحَوٍّ [Verbal.Noun of تحوّى ]: or, in the opinion of ISd, تَحْوِيَةٌ has the former signification; and تَحَوٍّ , the latter. A woman of the tribe of Kelb, being asked what she did in the rainy night, answered, أُحَوِّى نَفْسِى [I draw myself together].
2 كَانَتْ تُحَوِّى وَرَآءَهُ بِعَبَآءَةٍ أَوْ كِسَآءٍ, occurring in a trad. of Safeeyeh, means She used to wind an عباءة or a كساء round the hump of the camel, behind him, and then to ride upon it. (IAth. [See حَوِيَّةٌ.])


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