رعو
1 رَعَا,
aor. ـْ (
S,
TA,) [He refrained, forbore, or abstained: or, used elliptically,] he refrained, forbore, or abstained, (
S,
TA,) from things, or affairs, (
S,) or from ignorance, and reverted therefrom in a good manner; (
TA;) [as also ↓ اِرْعَوَى; (
K;) [for] رَعْوٌ and رِعْوٌ and رُعُوٌ (
K) and رَعْوَةٌ and رِعْوَةٌ (
S,
K) and رُعْوَةٌ (
K) are
syn. with ↓ اِرْعِوَآءٌ (
S,
K) meaning the refraining, forbearing, or abstaining, from ignorance, and reverting therefrom in a good manner, (
K,
TA,) [all
app. as
inf. ns.,] and so are ↓ رَعُوَى (
S,
K) and ↓ رُعْوَى (
K) and ↓ رُعْيَا, (
S,
K,) [in the last of which the radical و is changed into ى as it is in دُنْيَا and عُلْيَا and قُصْيَا,] but these three, as some say, (
TA,) or the first and last of these three, (
S,) are simple substs.: (
S,
TA:) you say, فُلَانٌ حَسَنُ الرَّعْوَةِ and الرِّعْوَةِ and ↓ الرَّعْوَى [&c., meaning Such a one is good in respect of refraining, &c.]. (
S.) ↓ اِرْعَوَى is of the measure اِفْعَلَلَ [ for اِفْعَلَّ]; the two infirm letters not being incorporated, one into the other, because the ى is quiescent: (
S: [see also
Ham p. 220:]) you say, عَنِ الـ
ـقَبِيحِ ↓ ارعوى, (
S,
Msb,) or عن الجَهْلِ, (
Ham ubi suprà,) He refrained, forbore, or abstained, from bad, or foul, conduct, (
S,
Msb,) or from ignorance, and reverted therefrom: (
Ham:) and ↓ ارعوى [alone] signifies He refrained, forbore, or abstained; and he repented: (
Har p. 240:) [see also an
ex. in a verse cited
voce أَلَا:]
accord. to
AHei, it is quasi-
pass. of رَعَوْتُهُ. (
TA.)
A2: [Hence, رَعَوْتُهُ
app. signifies I caused him to refrain, forbear, or abstain, &c.]
9 اِرْعَوَى,
inf. n. اِرْعِوَآءٌ: see the preceding paragraph, in five places.
رَعْوَى and رُعْوَى: see 1, in three places:
b2: and see also art. رعى.
رُعْيَا: see 1:
b2: and see also art. رعى.
رَعَاوَى and رُعَاوَى: see art. رعى.
رَعَاوِيَّةٌ (in some copies of the
K رَعَاوِيَة, without teshdeed); and رُعَاوِيَّةٌ: see art. رعى.
أَرْعُوَّةٌ: see art. رعى.
أَرْعَاوِيَّةٌ: see art. رعى.
