دَوٌّ
Root: دو
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دَوٌّ
and ↓دَوِّيَّةٌ (T, S, M, K, the latter [erroneously] written in the CK دَوِيَّة) A desert, or waterless desert; syn.مَفَازَةٌ, or فَلَاةٌ; as also
دَوِّىٌّ and
, in which the first و which is quiescent, [in دَوِّيِّةٌ, for دَوْوِيَّةٌ,] is changed into ا because of the fet-hah before it, though this instance is not to be copied as a model, and ↓دَاوِيَةٌ: or دَوٌّ signifies a wide
فَلَاة: or a level land; likened by Dhu-r-Rummeh to the hand of the purchaser, meaning when he strikes his hand upon that of another in token of the ratification of a bargain: and ↓دَوِّيَّةٌ, a land of which the extremities are far apart, level, and spacious; said to be so called because of the sound termed دَوِىّ that is heard in it; [and if so, these two words (the latter of which is also mentioned in art. دوى) belong to one and the same art.;] or because it makes away with those who are in it; [see 2, above;] and ↓دَاوِيَّةٌ and ↓دَاوِيَةٌ signify the same: it is also said that دَوٌّ is [in origin] a Pers. word; as though he who traversed the دَوّ said to his companion دَوْدَوْ, meaning “ Hasten: ” or, as some say, a certain region, four nights' journey in extent, like a shield, vacant, traversed by means of the stars, in which one feared losing his way, on the way from El-Basrah to Mekkeh, was named الدَّوُّ for this reason, from the Persians' hastening one another while crossing it by saying دَوْدَوْ.
2 [Hence,] بَنَاتُ الدَّوِّ
2 [Hence,] بَنَاتُ الدَّوِّ
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