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حَوِيَّةٌ حويه حوية : see حَوًى. -A2- Also A winding, or circling, or coiled, gut or intestine; and so ↓ حَاوِيَةٌ and ↓ حَاوِيَآءُ : (K:) [also called قِتْبٌ:] or the [kind of gut, or intestine, termed] دَوَّارَة in the belly of the sheep or goat; as also ↓ حَاوِيَةٌ : (IAar:) حَوِيَّةٌ البَطْنِ and البَطْنِ ↓ حَاوِيَةٌ and البَطْنِ ↓ حَاوِيَآءُ all signify the same: (S:) the pl. is حَوَايَا; (K;) or this is the pl. of حَوِيَّةٌ, signifying the أَمْعَآء [or intestines into which the food passes from the stomach]; and the pl. of حَاوِيَةٌ and حَاوِيَآءُ is [said to be] حَوَاوٍ; (S;) but IB says that this latter pl. is not held to be allowable by Sb, and that حَوَايَا is the pl. of all the three sings., [originally] of the measure فَعَائِلُ as pl. of the first, and فَوَاعِلُ as pl. of the second and third [though in these two cases it should be by rule حَوَآءٍ]: AHeyth says that حَوَايَا as pl. of حَاوِيَةٌ is like زَوَايَا as pl. of زَاوِيَةٌ: and ISk mentions الحَاوِيَاتُ as pl. of الحَاوِيَةُ and الحَاوِيَآءُ, [in the latter case like قَاصِعَاتٌ as pl. of قَاصِعَآءُ,] and explains it as signifying بَنَاتُ اللَّبَنِ [app. meaning the small guts, or intestines, in which originate the lacteals]. (TA.) ― -b2- Also sing. of حَوَايَا signifying Winding excavations or hollows, which the rain fills, and in which it remains a long time because the soil at the bottom thereof is cohesive and hard, retaining the water: the Arabs call them [also] أَمْعَآء, likening them to the حَوَايَا of the belly: accord. to AA, the pl. signifies i. q. مَسَاطِحُ [pl. of مِسْطَحٌ], made by collecting earth and stones upon smooth and hard rock, to confine thereby water: accord. to IB, on the authority of IKh, wells that are dug in the district of Kelb, in hard ground, whereby is confined the water of the torrents, which they drink throughout the year: accord. to Nasr, a certain construction with masses of rock in the form of a pool, on the way to Et-Teghlibeeyeh, near Ood: accord. to ISd, the sing. signifies a smooth and hard rock which is surrounded with stones and earth, in which water collects. (TA.) ― -b3- Also A [garment of the kind called] كِسَآء, stuffed [with ثُمَام or the like], which is wound round the hump of the camel; (S, K; *) i. q. سَوِيَّةٌ, except that the former is only for camels, and the latter is sometimes for other animals: pl. حَوَايَا: (S:) a subst. from 2 in the last of the senses assigned to it above: (IAth:) [the same is app. meant by what here follows:] a certain thing that is prepared for a woman to ride upon. (TA. [But it was also used by men.]) 'Omeyr Ibn-Wahb El-Jumahee said, on the day of Bedr, when he computed the number of the companions of the Prophet, رَأَيْتُ الحَوَايَا عَلَيْهَا المَنَايَا [meaning I saw the حوايا with the men of courage upon them]: (S:) [for] مَنِيَّةٌ [sing. of منايا] means (assumed tropical:) “ a man of courage upon his saddle. ” (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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