Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

طَوَائِحُ

Root: طوح

Full Definition

طَوَائِحُ i. q. قَوَاذِفُ, i. e. Accidents, or events, that cast into places of perdition: said in the 'Ináyeh to be an anomalous pl. of مُطِيحَةٌ , from أَطَاحَ meaning “ he, or it, caused to pass away, ” and “ to perish, or come to nought. ” See 2.


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