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1 جَوِىَ جو جوى جوي , (S, K,) aor. جَوَىَ , (TA,) inf. n. جَوًى, (K,) He (a man, S) was, or became, affected with what is termed ↓ جَوًى , (S, K,) meaning ardour: and violence of amorous desire; or of grief, or sorrow: (S:) or inward love: (M, K:) and grief, or sorrow: (K, and so in a copy of the S:) and ardour: and violence of love: or of grief, or sorrow: (K:) [see حُبٌّ:] ― -b2- and also as meaning consumption; or an ulcer in the lungs: and long continuance, or oppressiveness, of disease: and a disease in the chest: (K:) or any inward disease during which one does not find food to be wholesome: (TA:) part. n. ↓ جَوٍ ; (S, K;) fem. جَوِيَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- You say also, جَوِيَتْ نَفْسِى, meaning I found the country, or town, to disagree with me. (S.) And جَوِيَتْ نَفْسُهُ مِنْهُ and عَنْهُ [He found it to disagree with him: a meaning indicated, but not expressed]. (K.) See also 8. ― -b4- And جَوِيَتِ الأَرْضُ The land stank. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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