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7 انطوى ذ [It was, or became, folded, folded up, or folded together, and rolled up,] quasi-pass. of طَوَى (S, K, TA) as signifying the contr. of نَشَرَ; (TA;) as also ↓ اِطَّوَى , (K, TA,) of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ, mentioned by Az and ISd. (TA.) See also 5. ― -b2- [Hence,] انطوى بَطْنُهُ (assumed tropical:) [His belly became lean, or lank]; said of a camel, and of a sheep or goat. (JK voce اِرْتَقَى.) And اِنْطِوَآءُ الحَشَا (assumed tropical:) [The state of being lean, or lank, in the belly]. (S and TA voce أَخْطَفَ, q. v.) ― -b3- See also a verse cited in the first paragraph. ― -b4- [Hence also,] انطوى عَلَى الحِقْدِ, and الوُدِّ, (assumed tropical:) He conceived [as though he infolded] in the heart rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite, and love, or affection. (MA.) And انطوى قَلْبُهُ عَلَى غِلٍّ (assumed tropical:) [His heart conceived, as though it infolded, rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite]. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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