جَوٌّ
Root: جو
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جَوٌّ
The air: or [the atmosphere; i. e.] what is between the heaven, or sky, and the earth; the air [or the region] between the heaven, or sky, and the earth: pl. أَجْوَآءٌ. فِى جَوِّ السَّمَآءِ, in the Kur [xvi. 81], means In the air between the heaven, or sky, and the earth: or in the middle of the sky: or in the air that is remote from the earth.
2 A low, or depressed, part of the ground; as also جَوَّةٌ : or a wide part of a valley: pl. جِوَآءٌ and [of pauc.] أَجْوِيَةٌ. It has the latter meaning in the saying of Tarafeh, [addressing a lark,]
3 A vacant, void, or desolate, place, in which is no one to cheer by his company.
4 The inside, or interior, of a house or tent; and of anything; of the dial. of Syria; also termed جَوَّةٌ , and جَوَّانِىٌّ ; (K; [in the CK
5 [Hence,] جَوَّةٌ I desire concealment, or secrecy, and he desires publicity. (A in art. بر.)
2 A low, or depressed, part of the ground; as also جَوَّةٌ : or a wide part of a valley: pl. جِوَآءٌ and [of pauc.] أَجْوِيَةٌ. It has the latter meaning in the saying of Tarafeh, [addressing a lark,]
[The wide part of the valley has become vacant for thee; so lay thine eggs, and whistle]. Az says, I entered, with an Arab of the desert, a [hollow place in which water collected, termed a] دَحْل, in El-Khalsà, and when we came to the water, he said, هٰذَا جَوٌّ مِنَ المَاءِ لَا يُوقَفُ عَلَى أَقْصَاهُ [This is an abyss of water: one knows not the utmost extent of it].خَلَا لَكِ الجَوُّ فَبِيضِى وَٱصْفِرِى
3 A vacant, void, or desolate, place, in which is no one to cheer by his company.
4 The inside, or interior, of a house or tent; and of anything; of the dial. of Syria; also termed جَوَّةٌ , and جَوَّانِىٌّ ; (K; [in the CK
5 [Hence,] جَوَّةٌ I desire concealment, or secrecy, and he desires publicity. (A in art. بر.)
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