Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

ضَوِىَ, aor. يَضْوَى, inf. n. ضَوًى, He (a child, Mṣb) was, or became, lean, or emaciated, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) and small in body: (Mṣb:) or slender in the bones, and spare of body, naturally. (M, Ḳ.) [See also 4.]

ضَوَى إِلَيْهِ, (Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) aor. يَضْوِى, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) inf. n. ضُوِىٌّ (Ṣ, M, Ḳ) and ضَىٌّ, (M, Ḳ,) He adjoined himself, got him or got himself, betook him or betook himself, repaired, or resorted, to him; syn. اِنْضَمَّ; (Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) as alsoانضوى↓; (Ḥar p. 73;) and he had recourse, or betook himself, to him for protection, or refuge. (Ṣ,* M, Ḳ.)

And ضَوَى إِلَىَّ مِنْهُ خَيْرٌ, inf. n. ضَىٌّ and ضُوِىٌّ, i. q. سَالَ [i. e. Bounty flowed to me from him]: (M, TA:) accord. to the copies of the Ḳ, ضوى الى خَبَرِهِ سأل; which is wrong. (TA. [In my MṢ. copy of the Ḳ, الى خَيْره سَألَ.])

And ضَوَى signifies also It came by night: (M, Ḳ:) you say, ضَوَى إِلَيْنَا خَبَرُهُ The news, or tidings, of him, or it, came to us by night. (M, TA.)

ضُوِىَ, said of a camel, He was, or became, affected with the tumours termed ضَوًى, (Lth, TA,) or with what is termed ضَوَاةٌ [q. v.]. (M.)

اضوى He (a man, TA) was, or became, slender (Ḳ, TA) in his body. (TA. [See also ضَوِىَ.]) And اضوى القَوْمُ The people's cattle became lean, or emaciated; like اصوى القوم. (IḲṭṭ, TA in art. صوى.)

And He (a man) had offspring such as is termed ضَاوِىّ born to him: and in like manner اضوت is said of a woman [as meaning she brought forth such offspring]; (M;) or she brought forth a boy such as is so termed. (Ḳ.) اِغْتَرِبُوا وَلَا تُضْوُوا, (Ṣ, M, Mṣb,) occurring in a trad., (Ṣ,) means Marry ye among women that are remote in respect of relationship, (Ṣ, M, Mṣb,*) and not among the relations of your paternal uncles, (Ṣ,) or and not among your near relations, lest your offspring be such as is termed ضَاوِىّ: (M, Mṣb:) for the Arabs assert that a man's offspring from his near relation is meagre, though generous, of the nature of his people. (Ṣ, Mṣb.)

اضواهُ He rendered it weak. (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ *) You say, اضوى الأَمْرَ ‡ He rendered the affair weak; (Ṣ, TA;) did not render it firm, or sound; or did not perform it in a firm, or sound, manner. (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA.)

And اضواهُ حَقَّهُ † He curtailed him, or defrauded him, of his right, or due. (IAạr, M, Ḳ.*)

اضواهُ اللَّيْلُ إِلَيْهِ The night made him to have recourse, or to betake himself, to him for protection, or refuge. (TA.)

ضَوَاةٌ [mentioned in the TA as from the Ḳ, but not in the CK, and in my MṢ. copy of the Ḳ inserted in the margin,] A ganglion (غُدَدَةٌ, M, or غُدَّةٌ, Ḳ, TA) beneath the lobe of the ear, above the نَكَفَة [q. v.]: (M, Ḳ, TA:) or, accord. to Az, [a thing] resembling a غُدَّة. (TA.) And A tumour occurring in the fauces of camels and other animals: pl. ضَوًى↓: (M:) or this latter [is properly termed a coll. gen. n., of which ضَوَاةٌ is the n. un., and] signifies tumours accidental to the camel, in his head, having an overpowering effect upon his eyes, and rendering it difficult to attach to him the [halter called] خِطَام; and sometimes it is in the side of the mouth. (Lth, TA.) And (M, TA) A سِلْعَة [or ganglion] (Ṣ, M, TA) in a camel, (Ṣ,) or in any part of the body. (M, TA.)

Also A certain thing, or small thing, (هَنَةٌ,) that comes forth from the she-camel's vulva before the coming forth of the fœtus. (M, Ḳ, TA.)

ضَاوٍ: see the next paragraph.

Also Coming by night; syn. طَارِقٌ [which Golius here explains as meaning “Lucifer,” and supposes to be for ضَاوِئٌ]. (M, Ḳ.)

ضَاوِىٌّ, (Ṣ, M, Mṣb, Ḳ,) of the measure فَاعُولٌ, [originally ضَاوُوىٌ,] (Ṣ, Mṣb,) andضَاوٍ↓, (Mṣb, TA,) applied to a boy, (Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) and with ة {ضَاوِيَّةٌ} applied to a girl, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) Lean, or emaciated, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) and small in body: (Mṣb:) or slender in the bones, and spare of body, naturally: (M, Ḳ:) and likewise applied to any species of animal: (M:) accord. to the T, the offspring of an incestuous union. (TA.) الضَّاوِىُّ, (T, TA,) not without teshdeed, as the text of the Ḳ implies it to be, (TA,) was the name of A certain horse, (T, Ḳ, TA,) belonging to Ghanee. (T, TA.)

Also the former, disordered, or diseased, and near to dying: [so I render حَارِضٌ, q. v.:] and weak; in a bad, or corrupt, state. (TA.)

فِيهِ ضَاوِيَّةٌ In him is leanness or emaciation [&c.]: (Ṣ:) i. q. ضَوًى [the inf. n. of ضَوِىَ, used as a subst.]. (TA.)

مَضْوِىٌّ, applied to a camel, part. n. of ضُوِىَ [q. v.]. (Lth, TA.)