دَوِىٌّ

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دَوِىٌّ : A sound: or a confused and continued sound (حَفِيفٌ); as [the rustling, or murmuring,] of the wind; and [the rustling] of a bird; and [the humming, or buzzing,] of bees: and the distant sound of rain and of thunder: or, as some say, particularly the [rumbling] sound of thunder: [and a ringing in the ears; as in the saying] خَلَا بَطْنِىمِنَ الطَّعَامِ حَتَّىسَمِعْتُ دِوَيًّا لِمَسَامِعِى [My belly became empty of food so that I heard a ringing in my ears].

def.2 [It is also an epithet; whence] أَرْضٌ دَوِّيَةٌ: see دَوٍ, last sentence.

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