ضَوَّاَ
Root: ضوأ
Form: 2
Full Definition
ضَوَّاَII
see the next paragraph, in two places.
2 One says also, ضَوَّأْتُ عَنْهُ [meaning I brought to light, made visible, discovered, or revealed, him, or it]. A sheep, or goat, belonging to an Arab of the desert strayed; whereupon he said, اَللّٰهُمَّ ضَوِّئْ عَنْهُ [O God, bring it to light, or discover it].
def.2 Accord. to Lth, but he is the only authority for it known by AM, ضَوَّأَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ, Verbal.Noun تَضْوِئَةٌ, means He declined, or turned away, from the affair.
2 One says also, ضَوَّأْتُ عَنْهُ [meaning I brought to light, made visible, discovered, or revealed, him, or it]. A sheep, or goat, belonging to an Arab of the desert strayed; whereupon he said, اَللّٰهُمَّ ضَوِّئْ عَنْهُ [O God, bring it to light, or discover it].
def.2 Accord. to Lth, but he is the only authority for it known by AM, ضَوَّأَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ, Verbal.Noun تَضْوِئَةٌ, means He declined, or turned away, from the affair.
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