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أُغْوِيَّةٌ ذ A [pitfall such as is termed] زُبْيَة; (K, TA;) or a hollow, or pit, dug in the ground, like a زُبْيَة, for the wolf, and in which a kid is put; and when he [the wolf] looks at it, he falls, desiring to obtain it, and so is taken: (TA:) and ↓ مُغَوَّاةٌ [likewise] signifies a زُبْيَة, (TA,) or a hollow, or pit, dug in the ground, like a زَبْيَة, (S,) for [catching] beasts of prey: (TA:) whence the saying, (S, TA,) which is a prov., (TA,) مَنْ حَفَرَ مُغَوَّاةً أَوْشَكَ أَنْ يَقَعَ فِيهَا [He who digs a pitfall is near to his falling into it]: (S, * TA:) pl. مُغَوَّيَاتٌ. (S.) ― -b2- And A cause, or place, of perdition or death; (K, TA;) as also ↓ مُغَوَّاةٌ : (TA:) or a calamity, or misfortune; thus in the saying, وَقَعَ النَّاسُ فِى أُغْوِيَّةٍ [The people fell into a calamity, or misfortune]. (S.)

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