هوى

See also: هوي

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ه و ي (h-w-y).

Noun

هَوًى (hawan) m (dual هَوَيَانِ (hawayāni), plural أَهْوَاء (ʾahwāʾ))

  1. desire, love, passion
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:3:
      وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ
      Nor doth he speak of desire.
  2. verbal noun of هَوِيَ (hawiya) (form I)

Declension

Noun

هُوًى (huwan) pl (construct state هُوَى (huwā))

  1. plural of هُوَّة (huwwa)

Verb

هَوَى (hawā) I, non-past يَهْوِي‎ (yahwī)

  1. to breeze, to waft
  2. to come down, to descend, to sink
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:1:
      وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى
      wan-najmi ʾiḏā hawā
      By the star when it descendeth!

Conjugation

Verb

هَوَى (hawā) I, non-past يَهْوِي‎ (yahwī)

  1. to die
  2. to lose one’s child

Conjugation

Verb

هَوَّى (hawwā) II, non-past يُهَوِّي‎ (yuhawwī)

  1. to fan, to ventilate

Conjugation

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