خوّت
Root: خوى
Form: 2
Full Definition
خوّتII
, Verbal.Noun تَخْوِيَةٌ, The camels became empty and drawn up in their bellies.
2 See also 4.
3 And خوّى, Verbal.Noun as above, said of a camel, He lay down upon his breast, and then set firmly upon the ground his [callous protuberances called the] ثَفِنَات: or he made his belly to be separated by some interval from the ground, in lying upon his breast, and set firmly [upon the ground] his ثَفِنَات. And in like manner, خوّى فِى سُجُودِهِ, said of a man, He raised his belly from the ground in his prostration: or he put, or set, his upper arms apart, or remote, from his sides therein: or he drew up his body, and made a space between his upper arms and his sides, in his prostration: thus a man is directed to do in prostrating himself in prayer.
4 Said of a man, it signifies also He lowered his eyes, or looked towards the ground, desiring to be silent.
5 Said of a bird, It hung down its wings: or it spread its wings, and stretched out its legs, desiring to alight.
6 خَوَّتِ النُّجُومُ: see 1, in two places.
def.2 خَوَّيْتُهَا, Verbal.Noun as above, I dug for her, namely, a woman, a hole, or hollow, in the ground, and kindled [fire] in it, and then seated her in it, or upon it, (فِيهَا [i. e. فِى الحَفِيرَةِ],) on account of a disease that she had. One says of a woman for whom this is done, خُوِّيَتْ.
def.3 And خوّى لَهَا, and خَوَّاهَا, Verbal.Noun as above, He made for her the food called خَوِيَّة, that she might eat it.
2 See also 4.
3 And خوّى, Verbal.Noun as above, said of a camel, He lay down upon his breast, and then set firmly upon the ground his [callous protuberances called the] ثَفِنَات: or he made his belly to be separated by some interval from the ground, in lying upon his breast, and set firmly [upon the ground] his ثَفِنَات. And in like manner, خوّى فِى سُجُودِهِ, said of a man, He raised his belly from the ground in his prostration: or he put, or set, his upper arms apart, or remote, from his sides therein: or he drew up his body, and made a space between his upper arms and his sides, in his prostration: thus a man is directed to do in prostrating himself in prayer.
4 Said of a man, it signifies also He lowered his eyes, or looked towards the ground, desiring to be silent.
5 Said of a bird, It hung down its wings: or it spread its wings, and stretched out its legs, desiring to alight.
6 خَوَّتِ النُّجُومُ: see 1, in two places.
def.2 خَوَّيْتُهَا, Verbal.Noun as above, I dug for her, namely, a woman, a hole, or hollow, in the ground, and kindled [fire] in it, and then seated her in it, or upon it, (فِيهَا [i. e. فِى الحَفِيرَةِ],) on account of a disease that she had. One says of a woman for whom this is done, خُوِّيَتْ.
def.3 And خوّى لَهَا, and خَوَّاهَا, Verbal.Noun as above, He made for her the food called خَوِيَّة, that she might eat it.
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