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حَظْوَةٌ حظوه حظوة حظي : see حُظْوَةٌ. -A2- Also, (S, K,) and ↓ حُظْوَةٌ (K) and ↓ حِظْوَةٌ , (MF, TA,) A small arrow, (S, K,) a cubit in length, (S,) with which children play, (K,) and with which they learn to shoot: (TA:) and any rod, or twig, growing upon the stock (أَصْل) of a tree, that has not yet become strong: (K:) pl. (in both senses, TA) حِظَآءٌ and حَظَوَاتٌ. (S, K.) The dim. ↓ حُظَيَّةٌ signifies Such an arrow having no head: the pl. is حُظَيَّاتٌ: (S:) and [hence,] إِِحْدَي حُظَيَّاتِ لُقْمَانَ One of the [small headless] arrows of Lukmán, the son of 'Ád, is a prov., applied to him who is known for evil conduct, and from whom proceeds (S, K) something, (S,) or some good act. (K. [See Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 52.])
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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