سِعْوٌ

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سِعْوٌ , with kesr, [and سَعْوٌ , with fet-h, as shown by what follows,] or سِعْوَةٌ , with kesr, or سَعْوَةٌ , thus written in the M, with fet-h, and سِعْوَآءٌ , (T, S, ISd, K, [Freytag found this last written in a copy of the S سَعْوَاء, and in one of my copies of the S it is written سِعَاوَى,]) which is said to be masc., [and therefore with tenween, accord. to a general rule applying to ns. of the measure فِعْلَآء,] and , A [portion, or short portion, such as is termed] سَاعَة, of the night: [like سِهْوَآءٌ, q. v.:] one says, مَضَى مِنَ اللَّيْلِ سِعْوٌ, and سَعْوٌ , with fet-h as well as with kesr, and سَعْوَةٌ , with fet-h, [or سِعْوَةٌ ,] and سِعْوَآءٌ , [and ,] A portion (قِطْعَةٌ) of the night passed; [or a short portion:] and سِهْوٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ signifies the same: or, as some say, signifies more than a ساعة, of the night, and likewise of the day; and one says, كُنَّا عِنْدَهُ فِى سِعْوَاوَاتٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ and النَّهَارِ [app. meaning We were with him, or at his abode, during some considerable portions of the night and of the day]: so in the T.

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