دَوٍ
Root: دوى
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دَوٍ
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دَوًى Diseased, disordered, distempered, sick, or ill: or whose
جَوْف [i. e. chest, or belly,] is in a bad, or corrupt, state, by reason of a disease: the former word has a dual form and a pl., [which is دَوُونَ,] and a fem., which is دَوِيَةٌ: but
دَوًى is used alike as masc. and fem. and sing. and dual and pl., being originally an Verbal.Noun A poet uses ↓ the latter as meaning disordered, or ill, by reason of intense drowsiness.
2 [Hence,] one says, إِنَّهُ لَدَوِى الصَّدْرِ [meaning
3 أَرْضٌ دَوِيَةٌ A land in which are diseases: a land that is unsuitable [or unhealthy]; as also and .
2 [Hence,] one says, إِنَّهُ لَدَوِى الصَّدْرِ [meaning
[وَعَيْنُكَ تُبْدِى أَنَّ صَدْرَكَ لِى دَوِىْ
3 أَرْضٌ دَوِيَةٌ A land in which are diseases: a land that is unsuitable [or unhealthy]; as also and .
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