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طَوَى البَطْنِ ذ A man lean, or lank, in the belly; (S, TA; [in the Ham, p. 708, erroneously written طِوَى البَطْنِ, and there expl. as meaning naturally small in the belly;]) as also ↓ مُنْطَوٍ [or rather مُنْطَوِى البَطْنِ]; (TA;) and so ↓ طَيَّانُ . (Ham p. 495.) ― -b2- And [hence], (K, TA,) as also ↓ طَاوٍ , and ↓ طَيَّانُ , (S, K, TA,) (assumed tropical:) Hungry: (S, TA:) or having eaten nothing: fem. [of the second] طَاوِيَةٌ (K) and [of the third] طَيَّا or طَيَّآءُ [like حَيْرَى and حَيْرَآءُ pls. of حَيْرَانُ]. (K accord. to different copies.) ― -b3- See also طَوًى.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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