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دَوِّىٌّ

Root: دو

Full Definition

دَوِّىٌّ [a rel. n. from دَوٌّ;] One inhabiting a دَوّ. [Hence the saying,] مَا بِهَا دَوِّىٌّ, (S, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, دَوِىٌّ,]) and ↓, دُوِّىٌّ (Sgh, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, دُوِىٌّ,]) and ↓دُوْوِىٌّ, as in the M, or ↓دَوَوِىٌّ, as in the K, i. e. [There is not in it (meaning بِالدَّارِ in the house)] any one of those who inhabit the دَوّ: like as one says مَا بِهَا طُورِىٌّ, and دُورِىٌّ.
2 See دَوٌّ, with which it is also syn.
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