Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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مهو موأ موت


1. ⇒ موأ

مَآءَ, aor. يَمُوْءُ, inf. n. مَوْءٌ (Ḳ, TA: in the CK مُوْءٌ) and مُؤَآءٌ (but see below) or (as in some copies of the Ḳ) مُوَآءٌ; (Ḳ;) andأَمْوَأَ↓; (AA;) It (a cat) mewed: (Ḳ:) like مَأَى, (TA,) and أَمَا. (Ṣ in art. امو.)


4. ⇒ اموأ

اموأ: see 1.

Root: موأ - Entry: 4. Signification: A2

Also, He (a man) mewed like a cat. (Ḳ.)


مُؤَآءٌ

مُؤَآءٌ, accord. to the Ḳ, an inf. n. of مَآءَ; but accord. to the L and other lexicons, The mew of a car; a word expressing the sound of mewing. (TA.)


مَؤُوْءٌ

مَؤُوْءٌ (in some copies of the Ḳ, مَوُوْءٌ,) A mewing cat. (Ḳ.)


مَائِئَةٌ

مَائِئَةٌ and مَائِيَّةٌ and مَائِيَةٌ [and epithet of] A cat. (Ḳ.)


Supplement:

مآءٌ

مآءٌ Water.

Root: موأ - Entry: مآءٌ Signification: A2

مَآءُ الظَّهْرِ [The seminal fluid]. (Ḳ, voce اِنْبَتَّ.) See Ḳur, lxxxvi. 6, 7, and see 4 in art. روق.

Root: موأ - Entry: مآءٌ Signification: A3

مَآءٌ Lustre [likened to water, and running water,] of the teeth, (IbrD,), &c.: see ظَلْمٌ and دَرْزٌ and غَرْبٌ.

Root: موأ - Entry: مآءٌ Signification: A4

مَآءٌ The water of a sword: see فِرِنْدٌ and رَوْنَقٌ: also its lustre.

Root: موأ - Entry: مآءٌ Signification: A5

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.)

Root: موأ - Entry: مآءٌ Signification: A6

بَنَاتُ المَآءِ i. q. الغَرَانِيقُ. [storks or cranes]. (L, art. وضر.) See عِرْسٌ.

Root: موأ - Entry: مآءٌ Signification: A7

اِبْنُ المَآءِ is ‡ A kind of bird; pl. بَنَاتُ المَآءِ; (Mgh in art. بنى:) the aquatic bird; the bird of the water. (Mṣb in art. بنو.)

Root: موأ - Entry: مآءٌ Signification: A8

مَآءُ الشَّبَابِ: see شَبَابٌ.

Root: موأ - Entry: مآءٌ Signification: A9

مَآءُ الوَجْهِ: see حَقَنَ and تَشَهَّلَ.

Root: موأ - Entry: مآءٌ Signification: A10

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.

Root: موأ - Entry: مآءٌ Signification: A11

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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