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Arabic dictionary

Dictionary Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary (1889)

Entry لوي

لَوِيَ(n. ac. لَوًى [ ]) a. see Vb. Was pinched (stomach). لَوَّيَa. Bent, inclined; turned; curved. لَاْوَيَa. Writhed, wriggled; coiled up (snake). أَلْوَيَ a. [Bi], Bent, turned; made a sign with. b. Drooped (plant). c. Hoisted (flag). d. [Bi], Carried off. تَلَوَّيَa. Was twisted &c.; bent, turned; made a bend; was zigzag; writhed; coiled up (snake). تَلَاْوَيَ a. ['Ala], Understood, was well up in. إِلْتَوَيَa. see Vb. ['An], Desisted from. c. ['Ala], Was hard, difficult for. لِيَّة [] a. see 3tb. Rump. لُوَّة [] a. Aloes. لَوًىa. Gripes, stomach-ache. b. Curvature of the spine. لَوٍa. see 14 (a) لِوًى (pl. أَلْوِيَة [ 51t ] أَلْوَآء [] ) a. Bend, curve. لُوًىa. Vanity; futility; humbug. أَلْوَى [] (pl. لُيّ [ ]) a. Bent &c. b. Solitary. c. Disputer, arguer. مَلْوَى [] (pl. مَلَاوِي) a. Peg. لِوَآء [] (pl. أَلْوِيَة [ 15t ] أَلْوِيَات ) a. Flag, banner, standard. b. Coil. لِوَايَة [] a. Flag-staff. لَوِيّa. Withered, drooping. لَوِيَّة [] (pl. لَوَايَا) a. Leavings; scraps; broken food. لَيَّآء [] a. fem. of أَلْوَيُb. Waterless region. إِلْتِوَآء [ N. Ac. a. VIII], Bend, curve; twist; curvature sinuosity. لَاوِيّ H. a. Levite. لَاوِيَآء a. Branding-iron. لَوِّيّ a. Conditional. أَمِيْر لِوَآء a. Brigadier. لَا يَعْرِف الحَيّ مِن اللَّيّ a. He does not know truth from falsehood. بَعَثُوَا بِالسِّوَآء وَاللِّوَآء a. They sent to ask for aid.