حِوَآءٌ
Root: حوى
Full Definition
حِوَآءٌ
A place that comprises, comprehends, or contains, a thing: for instance, the belly [or womb] of the mother is a حوآء to the child [or fœtus].
2 A collection of tents (بُيُوت), near together; as also مُحَوًّى : or a collection of tents (بيوت) of people, made of camel's fur: or a collection of tents (بيوت) of people, at a water: pl. أَحْوِيَةٌ: and محتوى [app. مُحْتَوًى] and محوى [app. مَحْوًى] signify a place in which the tents (بيوت) of a tribe are collected together: the last is of the dial. of El-Yemen, where it is applied to a few small tents collected together in a tract, or region, of fruitful, or productive, land: and its pl. is محاوى [or, more probably, مَحَاوٍ; with the article, المَحَاوِى]. A tent of [goats'] hair, and of [camels'] fur, of the Arabs of the desert.
2 A collection of tents (بُيُوت), near together; as also مُحَوًّى : or a collection of tents (بيوت) of people, made of camel's fur: or a collection of tents (بيوت) of people, at a water: pl. أَحْوِيَةٌ: and محتوى [app. مُحْتَوًى] and محوى [app. مَحْوًى] signify a place in which the tents (بيوت) of a tribe are collected together: the last is of the dial. of El-Yemen, where it is applied to a few small tents collected together in a tract, or region, of fruitful, or productive, land: and its pl. is محاوى [or, more probably, مَحَاوٍ; with the article, المَحَاوِى]. A tent of [goats'] hair, and of [camels'] fur, of the Arabs of the desert.
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