سَوْءَةٌ
Root: سوأ
Full Definition
2 In the Kur v. 34, it means The dead body, or corpse; because it is deemed unseemly to be seen.
3 Accord. to IAth, the former is the primary signification: and hence it is transferred to denote Any saying, or action, of which one is ashamed when it appears: any evil, bad, abominable, foul, or unseemly, saying or action; as also سَوْآءُ : any disgracing action or thing: an evil, abominable, or unseemly, property, quality, custom, or practics; as also سَوْآءُ , or سَوْءَى ; (accord. to different copies of the K; [the latter perhaps fem. of أَسْوَأُ like the former, of the same class as دَفْأَى and دَنْأَى, or fem. of , like عَطْشَى fem. of عَطْشَانُ;]) or so both of these; or so سَوْءَةٌ سَوْآءُ : [or this last means a property, &c., that is very evil &c.] One says, سَوْءَةً لِفُلَانٍ May a disgracing action or thing befall such a one; [or disgrace, or shame, to such a one;] using the accus. case because it is an expression of reviling and imprecation. [See also سَيِّئَةٌ and سُوْءَى.]
4 السَّوْءَةُ [or السَّوْءَةُ ] also means The contrarious wife or woman.
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