خَوٌّ خو Hunger. (IAar, K.) [And so خَوًى and خَوَآءُ, belonging to art. خوي; with which the present art. is intimately connected.] -A2- A wide valley: (K:) any wide valley in a soft, or plain, [low ground such as is termed] جَوّ; (Az, TA;) as also خَوًى: (Az, TA in art. خوى:) and low, or depressed, ground; (TA;) as also ↓ خُوَّةٌ : (JK, TA:) or the former, a soft place: (JK:) or soft ground; as in the saying, وَقَعَ غَرْسُكَ بِخَوًّ What thou hast planted has chanced to be in soft ground, in which it will take root and not fail to be productive. (TA.)
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