See also: أوي, إوي, and آوي

Arabic

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Root
ء و ي (ʔ w y)
6 terms

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أَوَى (ʔawā) I (non-past يَأْوِي (yaʔwī), verbal noun إِوِيّ (ʔiwiyy) or أُوِيّ (ʔuwiyy) or إِوَاء (ʔiwāʔ))

  1. to look for shelter [with إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘somewhere’]
    • Ahadith Sunan Ibn Majah, Chapters on Marriage :
      لَمَّا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ قَالَ لِي يَا أَشْعَثُ احْفَظْ عَنِّي شَيْئًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ
      When he retired to bed he said to me: “O Ash'ath, learn from me something that I heard from the Messenger of Allah”
  2. (transitive) to receive hospitably, to shelter (someone or something)
  3. to nestle

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أَوَّى (ʔawwā) II (non-past يُؤَوِّي (yuʔawwī), verbal noun تَأْوِيَة (taʔwiya))

  1. (transitive) to receive hospitably, to shelter, to lodge (someone)

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