See also: هوي and هوی

Arabic edit

Root
ه و ي (h-w-y)

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هَوًى (hawanm (dual هَوَيَانِ (hawayāni), plural أَهْوَاء (ʔahwāʔ))

  1. desire, love, passion
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:3:
      وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ
      Nor doth he speak of desire.
  2. verbal noun of هَوِيَ (hawiya) (form I)

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هُوًى (huwanpl (construct state هُوَى (huwā))

  1. plural of هُوَّة (huwwa)

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هَوَى (hawā) I, non-past يَهْوِي‎ (yahwī)

  1. to breeze, to waft
  2. to come down, to descend, to sink
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:1:
      وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى
      wan-najmi ʔiḏā hawā
      By the star when it descendeth!

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هَوَى (hawā) I, non-past يَهْوِي‎ (yahwī)

  1. to die
  2. to lose one’s child

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هَوَّى (hawwā) II, non-past يُهَوِّي‎ (yuhawwī)

  1. to fan, to ventilate

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