هوى

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See also: هوي and هوی

Arabic

Root
ه و ي (h w y)
14 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

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)

Declension

Noun

هُوًى (huwanpl (construct state هُوَى (huwā))

  1. plural of هُوَّة (huwwa)

Verb

هَوَى (hawā) I (non-past يَهْوِي (yahwī), verbal noun هُوِيّ (huwiyy) or هَوَيَان (hawayān))

  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!

Conjugation

Verb

هَوَى (hawā) I (non-past يَهْوِي (yahwī), verbal noun هَوِيّ (hawiyy) or هَوَاء (hawāʔ))

  1. to die
  2. to lose one’s child

Conjugation

Verb

هَوَّى (hawwā) II (non-past يُهَوِّي (yuhawwī), verbal noun تَهْوِيَة (tahwiya))

  1. to fan, to ventilate

Conjugation