مآءٌ
Root: موأ
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مآءٌ
Water.
2 مَآءُ الظَّهْرِ [The seminal fluid]. (K, voce اِنْبَتَّ.) See Kur, lxxxvi. 6, 7, and see 4 in art. روق.
3 مَآءٌ Lustre [likened to water, and running water,] of the teeth, &c: see ظَلْمٌ and دَرْزٌ and غَرْبٌ.
4 مَآءٌ The water of a sword: see فِرِنْدٌ and رَوْنَقٌ: also its lustre.
5 سَيْفٌ كَثِيرُ المَآءِ [A sword much diversified with wavy marks or streaks in its grain; as are the swords of Damascus &c.] (TA voce إِبْرِيقٌ.)
6 بَنَاتُ المَآءِ i. q. الغَرَانِيقُ. [storks or cranes]. (L, art. وضر.) See عِرْسٌ.
7 اِبْنُ المَآءِ is
8 مَآءُ الشَّبَابِ: see شَبَابٌ.
9 مَآءُ الوَجْهِ: see حَقَنَ and تَشَهَّلَ.
10 مَآءُ الذَّهَبِ Gold-wash for gilding: and مَآءُ الفِضَّةِ Silverwash for silvering: you say, طَلَاهُ بِمَآءِ الذَّهَبِ, and الفِضَّةِ He washed it over with gold, and silver.
11 مَآءٌ is used as a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is مَاءَةٌ; and therefore is sometimes made, as a pl., to have a pl. epithet: ex. مَاءٌ عِذَابٌ. (See عَذْبٌ). مَآءَةٌ signifies A water; or some water.
2 مَآءُ الظَّهْرِ [The seminal fluid]. (K, voce اِنْبَتَّ.) See Kur, lxxxvi. 6, 7, and see 4 in art. روق.
3 مَآءٌ Lustre [likened to water, and running water,] of the teeth, &c: see ظَلْمٌ and دَرْزٌ and غَرْبٌ.
4 مَآءٌ The water of a sword: see فِرِنْدٌ and رَوْنَقٌ: also its lustre.
5 سَيْفٌ كَثِيرُ المَآءِ [A sword much diversified with wavy marks or streaks in its grain; as are the swords of Damascus &c.] (TA voce إِبْرِيقٌ.)
6 بَنَاتُ المَآءِ i. q. الغَرَانِيقُ. [storks or cranes]. (L, art. وضر.) See عِرْسٌ.
7 اِبْنُ المَآءِ is
8 مَآءُ الشَّبَابِ: see شَبَابٌ.
9 مَآءُ الوَجْهِ: see حَقَنَ and تَشَهَّلَ.
10 مَآءُ الذَّهَبِ Gold-wash for gilding: and مَآءُ الفِضَّةِ Silverwash for silvering: you say, طَلَاهُ بِمَآءِ الذَّهَبِ, and الفِضَّةِ He washed it over with gold, and silver.
11 مَآءٌ is used as a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is مَاءَةٌ; and therefore is sometimes made, as a pl., to have a pl. epithet: ex. مَاءٌ عِذَابٌ. (See عَذْبٌ). مَآءَةٌ signifies A water; or some water.
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