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Root ھ و ی h-w-y

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ھ و یh-w-y

(ض) هَوٰى يَهْوِيْ هُوِيًّاhawā yahwī huwiyyan (original form: هَوَيَ يَهْوِيُhawaya yahwiyu): to fall from above; to incline towards something. ﴿وَالنَّجْمِ اِذَا هَوٰى﴾ (An-Najm 53:1)

(س) هَوِيَ يَهْوٰى هَوًيhawiya yahwā hawany: to desire something, to like. ﴿اَفَكُلَّمَا جَآءَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌۢ بِمَا لَا تَهْوٰٓى اَنْفُسُكُمُ اسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:87)

هَوًيhawany pl. اَهْوَآءٌahwāʾ (verbal noun, maṣdar, also a noun, ism dhāt): desire (of the lower self). ﴿وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوٰى﴾ (An-Najm 53:3)

هَوَآءٌhawāʾ (noun, ism dhāt): the air, the atmosphere; air has no stability, so the word is used for the state of being empty and unsteady. Only once in the Quran: ﴿وَاَفْـِٕدَتُهُمْ هَوَآءٌ﴾ (Ibrāhīm 14:43)

هَاوِيَةٌhāwiyah (active participle, ism fāʿil, feminine): a deep pit; a name of Hell. Only once in the Quran: ﴿فَاُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ﴾ (Al-Qāriʿah 101:9)

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَهْوٰى يُهْوِيْ اِهْوَآءًahwā yuhwī ihwāʾan: to (lift up and) cast down. Only once in the Quran: ﴿وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ اَهْوٰى﴾ (An-Najm 53:53)

Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَهْوٰى يَسْتَهْوِيْ اِسْتِهْوَآءًistahwā yastahwī istihwāʾan: to make desires appear attractive, to lead astray and cast down (into error). Only once in the Quran: ﴿كَالَّذِي اسْتَهْوَتْهُ الشَّيٰطِيْنُ فِي الْاَرْضِ حَيْرَانَ﴾ (Al-Anʿām 6:71)

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