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جَوٍ

Root: جوى

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جَوٍ part. n. of 1, q. v.; and جَوًى signifies the same, being an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet.
2 Hence, the former, as also ↓ the latter, signifies Stinking water; or water that has become altered and stinking.
3 أَرْضٌ جَوِيَةٌ and A land that disagrees with one.
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