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هَآءَ

Root: هوأ

Form: 1

Full Definition

هَآءَI , Present.T يَهُوْءُ, Verbal.Noun هَوْءٌ, He raised his mind to high things, or objects; purposed, or aspired to, high things. The vulgar say, يَهْوِى بِنَفْسِهِ.
2 مَا هُؤْتُ هَوْءَهُ I did not know it, nor desire, or mean, [to do it; i. e., I did it not knowingly, nor intentionally].
3 هُؤْتُ بِهِ خَيْرًا, and شَرًّا, and حُؤْتُهُ بِخَيْرٍ, and بِشَرٍّ, Verbal.Noun هَوْءٌ, I thought him to be possessed of good, and, of evil.
4 هُؤْتُهُ بِمَالٍ كَثِيزٍ I thought him to be possessed of much wealth.
5 إِنِّى لَأَهُؤْءُ بِكَ عَنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ Verily I exalt thee above this thing; I hold thee above it].
6 هُؤْتُ بِهِ I rejoiced in him, or it.
7 هَوِئَ إِلَيْهِ, Present.T يَهْوَأُ, He purposed, or intended, it.

def.2 هَآءِ and هَآءَ and هَأْ, in imperative senses, and the forms into which they are inflected, see below.
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