لَوَى
Root: لوى
Form: 1
Full Definition
لَوَىI
He waited for him.
2 مَرَّ لَا يَلْوِى عَلَى أَحَدٍ He went along, not pausing nor waiting for any one. See the Kur-án, iii. 147.
3 لَوَاهُ بِدَيْنِهِ i. q. مَطَلَهُ.
4 لَوَى He twisted a thing; turned or wreathed it round or about: contorted it: wound it: curled it: curved it: or bent it. And He, or it, turned him from his course; made him to deviate, or swerve.
5 لَوَى عَلَيْهِ He went round it, or round about it.
6 لَوَى عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَهُ [He mode his case, or affair, difficult and intricate to him: see إِلْتَوّى عَلَيْهِ]. (S, K, art. عوص.)
7 لَوَى خَبَرَهُ,
2 مَرَّ لَا يَلْوِى عَلَى أَحَدٍ He went along, not pausing nor waiting for any one. See the Kur-án, iii. 147.
3 لَوَاهُ بِدَيْنِهِ i. q. مَطَلَهُ.
4 لَوَى He twisted a thing; turned or wreathed it round or about: contorted it: wound it: curled it: curved it: or bent it. And He, or it, turned him from his course; made him to deviate, or swerve.
5 لَوَى عَلَيْهِ He went round it, or round about it.
6 لَوَى عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَهُ [He mode his case, or affair, difficult and intricate to him: see إِلْتَوّى عَلَيْهِ]. (S, K, art. عوص.)
7 لَوَى خَبَرَهُ,
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