See also: تحوي

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ح و ي (ḥ-w-y)

Compare حَوَى (ḥawā, to gather).

Verb edit

تَحَوَّى (taḥawwā) V, non-past يَتَحَوَّى‎ (yataḥawwā)

  1. (intransitive) to contract, to shrink
  2. (intransitive) to coil (of a snake)
Conjugation edit
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

تُحْوَى (tuḥwā) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of حَوَى (ḥawā)
  2. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَوَى (ḥawā)
  3. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of حَوَى (ḥawā)
  4. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of حَوَى (ḥawā)