غَاوٍ
Root: غو
Full Definition
غَاوٍ
, and
غَوِىٌّ , and
غَوٍ , and
غَيَّانُ , [or the first is an act. part. n., and the others are intensive epithets,] Erring; deviating from the right way or course, or from that which is right: and suffering disappointment; or failing of attaining his desire: [&c.: ] and the first signifies also perishing: the pl. of the first is غُوَاةٌ, like قُضَاةٌ pl. of قَاضٍ, and غَاوَونَ. الغَاوُونَ in the saying وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الغَاوُونَ [in the Kur xxvi. 224] means The devils: or those, of mankind, who err: or those who love the poet when he satirizes a people, or party, by saying that which is not allowable: or those who love him for his praising them for that which is not in them.
2 And الغَاوِى signifies The locust, or locusts collectively: one says, جَآءَ الهَاوِى وَالغَاوِى, meaning The wolf and the locust, or locusts, came: so says IAar. (TA in art. هوى, where, in the K, الهَاوِى is said to signify “ the locust ” or “ locusts. ”)
3 رَأْسٌ غَاوٍ is a tropical phrase, meaning, accord. to the K, A small head: but accord. to the A, a head that turns, or looks, aside, much, or often.
2 And الغَاوِى signifies The locust, or locusts collectively: one says, جَآءَ الهَاوِى وَالغَاوِى, meaning The wolf and the locust, or locusts, came: so says IAar. (TA in art. هوى, where, in the K, الهَاوِى is said to signify “ the locust ” or “ locusts. ”)
3 رَأْسٌ غَاوٍ is a tropical phrase, meaning, accord. to the K, A small head: but accord. to the A, a head that turns, or looks, aside, much, or often.
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