دحو

1 دَحَا, (S, Msb, K,) first Pers\. دَحَوْتُ, (S,) aor. ـْ (Msb, K,) inf. n. دَحْوٌ, (S, Msb, K,) He spread; spread out, or forth; expanded; or extended; (S, Msb, K;) a thing; (S;) and, when said of God, the earth; (Fr, S, Msb, K;) as also دَحَى, (Msb, K,) first Pers\. دَحَيْتُ, (K in art. دحى,) aor. ـْ inf. n. دَحْىٌ: (Msb, and K in art. دحى:) or He (God) made the earth wide, or ample; as explained by an Arab woman of the desert to Sh: (TA:) also, said of an ostrich, (S, TA,) he expanded, and made wide, (TA,) with his foot, or leg, the place where he was about to deposit his eggs: (S, * TA:) and, said of a man, he spread, &c., and made plain, even, or smooth. (TA in art. دحى.) b2: Also, said of a man, (K,) aor. ـْ inf. n. دَحْوٌ, (TA,) i. q. جَامَعَ; (K;) as also دَجَا; on the authority of IAar. (TA.) [You say, دَحَاهَا He compressed her; like as you say, دَجَاهَا.] b3: Also He threw, or cast, and impelled, propelled, or removed from its place, a stone, with his hand. (TA.) One says also, to him who is playing with walnuts, أَبْعِدِ المَدَىوَادْحُهُ, meaning [Make thou the distance far, and] throw it. (S, TA.) See also مِدْحَاةٌ, in two places. And of a torrent, one says, دَحَا بِالْبَطْحَاءِ It cast along [the soft earth and pebbles in its course; or drove them along]. (TA.) And of rain, one says, دَحَا الحَصَى عَنْ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ (S, Msb) It drove the pebbles from the surface of the earth; (Msb;) or removed them. (TA.) [See also دَحَى, in the next art.] And الدَّحْوُ بِالحِجَارَةِ also signifies The vying, one with another, in throwing stones, and striving to surpass [in doing so]; as also ↓ المُدَاحَاةُ [inf. n. of دَاحَى]. (TA.) b4: مَرَّ يَدْحُو, inf. n. دَحْوٌ, said of a horse, He went along throwing out his fore legs without raising his hoofs much from the ground. (S, TA.) A2: دَحَا البَطْنُ The belly was, or became, large, and hanging down; (Kr, K;) and ↓ اندحى it (the belly) was, or became, wide, or distended: (MF:) or both signify it (the belly) became swollen, or inflated, or big, and hung down, by reason of fatness or disease; as also دَاحَ and اِنْدَاحَ. (TA in art. دوح.) 3 داحى, inf. n. مُدَاحَاةٌ: see 1.5 تدحّى He spread out, or extended, himself; syn. تَبَسَّطَ. (K in art. دحى.) You say, نَامَ فُلَانٌ فَتَدَحَّى Such a one slept, and [extended himself so that he] lay upon a wide space of ground. (TA in that art.) b2: And تَدَحَّتُ الإِبِلُ فِى الأَرْضِ The camels made hollows in the ground where they lay down, it being soft; leaving therein cavities like those of bellies: thus they do only when they are fat. (El-'Itreefee, TA in art. دحى.) 7 إِنْدَحَوَ see 1, last sentence.9 اِدْحَوَى [of the measure اِفْعَلَلَ for اِفْعَلَّ, like اِرْعَوَى,] It (a thing, TA) was, or became, spread, spread out or forth, expanded, or extended. (K.) دَاحٍ [act. part. n. of 1]. ↓ اَللّٰهُمَّ دَاحِىَ المَدْحُوَّاتِ, in a prayer of 'Alee, means O God, the Spreader and Expander of the [seven] earths: (TA:) المَدْحُوَّاتٌ [properly] signifies the things that are spread, &c.; as also ↓ المَدْحِيَّاتٌ. (TA in art. دحى.) b2: المَطَرَ الدَّاحِى The rain that removes [or drives] the pebbles from the surface of the earth. (TA.) أُدْحِىٌّ, (S, K,) [originally أُدْحُوىٌ, of the measure أُفْعُولٌ from دَحَيْتُ, but said in the S to be of that measure from دَحَوْتُ, the dial. var. دَحَيْتُ not being there mentioned,] and إِدْحِىٌّ and ↓ أُدْحِيَّةٌ and ↓ أُدْحُوَّةٌ, (K,) The place of the laying of eggs, (S, K,) and of the hatching thereof, (S,) of the ostrich, (S, K,) in the sand; (K;) because that bird expands it, and makes it wide, with its foot, or leg; for the ostrich has no [nest such as is termed] عُشّ: (S:) pl. أَدَاحٍ (TA in the present art.) and اداحى [i. e., if not a mistranscription, أَدَاحِىٌّ, agreeably with the sing.]: (TA in art. دحى:) and ↓ مَدْحًى [likewise] signifies the place of the eggs of the ostrich. (S.) [Hence,] ↓ بِنْتُ أُدْحِيَّةٍ

A female ostrich. (TA.) b2: [Hence also,] الأُدْحِىٌّ and الإِدْحِىٌّ (assumed tropical:) A certain Mansion of the Moon, (K, TA,) [namely, the Twenty-first Mansion,] between the نَعَائِم and سَعْد الذَّابِح; [more commonly] called البَلْدَةُ: likened to the ادحّى of the ostrich. (TA.) أُدْحُوَّةٌ and أُدْحِيَّةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in three places: b2: and for the latter, see also مِدْحَاةٌ, below.

مَدْحًى: see أُدْحِىٌّ.

مِدْحَاةٌ A wooden thing with which a child is driven along (يُدْحَى), and which, passing over the ground, sweeps away everything against which it comes. (K, TA.) b2: Accord. to Sh, A certain thing with which the people of Mekkeh play: he says, I heard El-Asadee describe it thus: المَدَاحِىّ and المَسَادِىّ signify stones like the [small round cake of bread called] قُرْصَة, according to the size of which a hole is dug, and widened a little: then they throw those stones (بِهَا ↓ يَدْحُونَ) to that hole; and if the stone fall therein, the person wins; but if not, he is overcome: you say of him, ↓ يَدْحُو and يَسْدُو when he throws the stones (إِذَا دَحَاهَا) over the ground to the hole: and the hole is called ↓ أُدْحِيَّةٌ. (TA.) [Accord. to Freytag, on the authority of the Deewán El-Hudhaleeyeen, A round thing made of lead, by the throwing of which persons contend together.]

المَدْحُوَّاتُ and المَدْحِيَّاتُ: see دَاحٍ.

ول

ى1 وَلِيَهُ , (S, Msb, K,) and وَلِى عَلَيْهِ, (Msb, K,) inf. n. وِلَايَةٌ (S, Msb, K,) and وَلَايَةٌ, (K,) or the former is a simple subst., (TA,) and signifies the office, and authority, (K,) He held command or authority over it; had charge of it; presided over it, or superintended it, (namely a thing, S, Msb, K, and a country, province, town, or the like, S, Msb,) as a prefect, commander, governor, lord, prince, king, administrator, or manager; (K, TA;) i. q. ↓ تَوَلَّاهُ. (Msb.) b2: وَلِىَ كَذَا He performed the act or office of doing such a thing; he did such a thing himself.2 وَلَّى He caused to turn away, or back. (Kur-án, ch. ii. v. 136.) b2: He caused to turn towards, with acc. (Idem, ch. ii. v. 139.) b3: He turned away, or departed. (TA.) b4: وَلَّى عَنْهُ He turned away from, avoided, shunned, and left, him or it. (Msb.) b5: وَلَّتِ الحَرْبُ [The war declined]. (A, K, in art. سفر.) b6: وَلَّى هَارِبًا He went back, or retreated, fleeing. (S.) b7: وَلَّيْتُهُ ظَهْرِى

I placed him behind me, and betook myself to defending him. (TA in art. شزن.) b8: More commonly I turned my back upon him, or it: see Har, p. 564. b9: وَلَّى اللَّيْلُ لِيَذْهَبَ The night [declined, i. e.] retreated to depart; syn. أَدْبَرَ. (T in art. دبر.) b10: وَلَّى أَمْرُ القَوْمِ لِفَسَادِ The case of the people, or party, declined, or became reduced to a bad state; syn. أَدْبَرَ. (M in art. دبر.) b11: [وَلَّى كِبَرًا, and وَلَّى alone, both of frequent occurrence in the lexicons, &c., He became in a declining state by reason of age.]

وَلَّى said of a man is syn. with دَبَرَ; as also شَيَّخَ. (S in art. دبر.) See also two exs., p. 75, col. 3. b12: التَّوْلِيَةُ, like الإِدْبَارُ, properly signifies Retrogression; and hence, like this English word, tropically, declension. b13: وَلَّاهُ أَمْرًا He set him over the thing; appointed him superintendent of it; or set him to do it; as also إِيَّاهُ ↓ أَوْلَاهُ. b14: وَلَّى دُبُرَهُ and وَلَّاهُ دُبُرَهُ; see دُبُرٌ, and see three phrases voce ذَنَبٌ.3 وَالَاهُ It was next, or adjacent, to it. Said of one place or tract with respect to another. b2: وَالَى He made a consecution, or succession, of one to the other; (S, K;) بَيْنَهُمَا between them two; (S;) or بَيْنَ الأَمْرَيْنِ between the two things or affairs; he made a successive connexion, or no interruption. (K.) And والاه He made it consecutive, successive, or uninterrupted, in its progressions, or gradations, or the like; syn. تَابَعَهُ [which see]. (Msb.) b3: وَالَاهُ, (MA,) inf. n. مُوَالَاةٌ, (S, KL, TA,) He befriended him, or was friendly to him. (S, MA, KL, TA.) See شَايَعَهُ.4 أَوْلَى He gave: and he made near. (KL.) b2: أَوْلَاهُ مَعْرُوفًا He did to him, or conferred upon him, a benefit, or favour; syn. أَسْدَاه إِلَيْهِ; as though he made it cleave to him, being next to him: or he put him in possession of it. (TA.) You say also, أَوْلَاهُ ذُلَّا [He brought upon him abasement, or ignominy], (S, K, in art. خسف,) and الذُّلَّ وَالهَوَانَ. (Msb in that art., voce خَسْفٌ, q. v.) 5 تَوَلَّى He turned himself, الى towards. (Jel, ii. 139.) He turned away (Idem, xix. 50; and S, Msb) عَنْهُ from him, or it. (S.) b2: تَوَلَّى He turned the back to another: see a verse in art. فيل, conj. 1. b3: تولّى أَمْرًا He took upon himself an affair. b4: تَوَلَّى كِبْرَهُ He took upon himself, or undertook, the main part thereof; syn. تَحَمَّلَ مُعْظَمَهُ. (Jel, xxiv. ii.) b5: تَولَّاهُ: see وَلِيَهُ.10 اِسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهِ He mastered, or gained the mastery over, him or it; (Msb;) he got it in his hand, possession, or power. (TA.) b2: إِسْتَوْلَتْ عَلَيْهِ الحُجَّةُ [The argument, allegation, or pled, overcame him]. (L in art. بهت.) وَلِىٌّ The manager of a thing, or of the affairs of another: (Msb:) the guardian, or manager of the affairs, and maintainer, of an orphan: the guardian of a women, who affiances her, and independently of whom marriage cannot be contracted by her. (TA.) The executor of a deceased person: (Bd, xvii. 35:) the heir of a deceased person. (Bd, Jel, ibid.) The hair [or next-of-kin] of a slain person, (Bd, Jel, xvii. 35,) who has the management of the affairs after the death of that person. (Bd, ibid.) and the slayer's next-of-kin, who is answerable for him. b2: وَلِىُّ عَهْدٍ and وِلَايَةُ عَهْدٍ: see art. عهد. b3: وَلِىّ اللّٰهِ may be rendered The friend of God: or وَلِىٌّ has the meaning of an act. part. n., i. e. the constant obeyer [of God]: or that of a pass. part. n., i. e. [the favourite of God;] the object of the constant beneficence and favours of God. (TA.) See عَدُوٌّ. b4: أَللّٰهُ وَلِىُّ الحَمْدِ signifies both مُسْتَحِقُّهُ and صَاحِبُهُ. (IbrD.) b5: وَلِىٌّ pl. أَوْلِيَاءُ A saint, &c. b6: وَلِىٌّ The rain after the وَسْمِىّ. (TA in art. عنو.) وَلَآءٌ Relationship: so in the phrase بَيْنَهُمَا وَلَآءٌ [Between them two is relationship]. (JM.) b2: Also used for أَصْحَابُ وَلَآءٍ: see a verse cited voce عَيْرٌ. b3: وَلَآءٌ The right to the inheritance of the property left by an emancipated slave.

وِلَايَةٌ

: see وَلِىٌّ.

وَالٍ

A prefect, governor, ruler, king, regent, judge, magistrate, &c. See مَعُونَةُ.

فُلَانٌ أَوْلَى بِكَذَا Such a one is more, or most, entitled to such a thing; has a better, or the best, right, or title, or claim, to it; is more, or most, deserving, or worthy, of it; is more, or most, competent to it; is more, or most, fit for it; syn. أَحَقُّ بِهِ. (Msb.) But see أَحَقٌّ. See also an ex. voce أُولُو, from the Kur, viii., last verse, and xxxiii. 6. b2: أَوْلَى بِشَىْءٍ

More worthy, or deserving, of a thing. More fit, apt, or proper, for a thing. b3: بِالطَّرِيقِ لِأَوْلَى

A fortiori: see طَرِيقٌ.

مَوْلًى

A lord, or chief; syn. سَيِّدٌ. (TA in the addenda.) b2: The son of a paternal uncle: (S, Msb:) or a relation, (K,) such as a son of a paternal uncle (IAar, K) and the like, (K,) [i. e.] and such as a son of a sister. (IAar, TA.) b3: And A freedman; (S, Msb, K;) so called because he is in the condition of the son of a paternal uncle; being one [under the patronage of his emancipator, i. e.,] whom the emancipator is bound to aid, and whose property he inherits if he dies having no [natural or other legal] heir. (TA.) And (K) a slave: (M, K:) fem. with ة. (M.) مَوَالِيَا

, vulg. مَوَّال (not مَوَالِيَّا) A kind of short poem, generally of five lines, of which all but the penultimate end with the same rhyme: see note 5 to ch. xxvi. of my “ 1001 Nights. ”

ولى:
ولى: جاور، لاصق êtrea contigue ( قرطاس 7:40)؛ ولى مع: تاخم، جاور être limitohe de ( دي ساسي كرست دبلوماسية 494:9)؛ أمس والذي يليه، أول الباخرة (فوك).
ولى: ما كان على (فريتاج) أن يعيد ذكر ولى عنه بوجهه التي وردت عند (جوليوس) لأنها لا أكثر من ولَّى التي طبعها، مصيباً، في (كرست 4:56).
ولَّى ابتعد عن (ألف ليلة 7:82:1): مدينة ولى عنها الشتاء ببرده وأقبل عليها الربيع بورده.
ولَّى بوجهه عنه (أنظر ولى).
ولَّى: أدار (ويجرز 3:43 و126، 236، حيّان 100): وولوا المسلمين أكتافهم (أي أولوا المسلمين ظهورهم).
ولَّى: عاد للموضع الذي كان قد سافر منه (بقطر - بربرية).
ولَّى: من الجائز أن يقال ولاَّه معروفاً مثلما يقال أولاه معروفاً فيما لو لم يكن هناك خطاً في منطوق شطر البيت أنا عبد ولُيتهُ كل برِ الذي ورد عند (المقري3:276:2) إذ أن (فليشر - بيرشت 295) قد اقترح، بحذر، أن تقرأ أوليته.
ولَّى: فرض شيئاً على فلان (محمد بن الحارث 317): فأعقبه الله في ذلك بشَر عقباً وولاّه من ذلك ما تولاَّ.
ولَّى فلاناً: أعلن ولاية العهد لفلان أي خليفة له من بعده (دي ساسي كرست 4:229:2): يقال أيضاً ولَّى العهد لأخيه (معجم البيان).
ولَّى: أهّل، جعله أهلاً، خوله الحق في habiliter ( الكالا).
ولّى: تخلى عن صفقة أو عن عقار بسعر الشراء: فولاه من زوجه من (تنازل عن الشيء لزوجته بسعر الكلفة) (بوسويه)؛ ولّى ل ... (صيغ العقود 1): وثيقة التولية اشهد على نفسه فلان ابن فلان طائعاً غير مكروه انه قد ولاّ لفلان ابن فلان الفدان الذي اشتراه بموضع كذا ولا له بالثمن الذي اشتراه به. هكذا وردت في الأصل بأخطائها - المترجم.
والى: أرسل دون انقطاع (عباد 5:248:1 وكان ابن جهور كثيراً ما يوالي رسله إلى الاصطلاح بينهما).
والى: لاصق، لامس، جاور limitrophe de contigua ( بوسويه، معجم الجغرافيا، معجم البلاذري).
والى به الضرب: ضربه بدون توقف (معجم التنبيه).
والى: كمل (؟) accomplir ( الكالا).
أولى: انظر في (كليلة ودمنة 4:474) اصطلاح: أولاه معروفاً (وفيه): وهذه البهائم قد أولتني بهذا الجزاء.
أولى: ومثلما يقال أولاه معروفاً يقال أولاه حمداً بمعنى الثناء (عبد الواحد 10:155 وفيه ما أولى (في موضع ما أولاه الحمد) أي يا للثناء الذي لا يستحقه! (عبّاد 133:3) فأن أجاد فما أولى وإن قصر فعذره أوضح وأجلى.
أولى فلاناً وأولى به: أعطى، منح (بقطر).
تولى: (فعلٌ متعد بنفسه إلى مفعولين) (بقطر): التزم بمهمة .. تعهد العناية ب (الملابس عند العرب 10:29، معجم التنبيه)، تولى الحرس faire la garde: حرس، تولى الحرس بعده شغل منصب الحارس أو نهض بتلك المهمة (بقطر).
تولى: اعتاد على عمل شيء (رياض النفوس 97): il apprit اعتاد ما يتولى منه المؤدب الهواري من الشتم واللعن فبعث في طلبه؛ انظر (البربرية 35:1): المتولين موطنهم بالمجال أي الذين يتجولون، بانتظام، في مناطقهم (دي سلان).
تولى: استولى، ساد (بوسويه). وفي (البربرية 46:1): تسيدّه: فغلبهم أولاد مسعود وقتلوا شيخهم - وتولوا الوطن بما فيه. توّلى على (ألف ليلة برسل 391:3): فعملت نفسك السندباد لأجل اخذ الأحمال وتتولى على ماله والله هذا حرام عليك؛ يبدو لي إن هناك احتمالاً أن يكون (فوك) قد فكّر حين شرح أوجه معاني هذا الفعل، أي تولى على، بالتعبير اللاتيني quando vult Presse.
تولى: تزوج امرأة أخيه (باين سميث 1543). تولى: اضطر إلى حمل ما فرض عليه آخر (انظر عبارة محمد بن الحارث التي ذكرتها في ولَّى).
تولّى المجلس: تصدّر الجلسة (بقطر).
توّلى ل: صار مولى لفلان ( Moul ل - مولى) (فهرست المخطوطات في ليدن 9:227:1).
توالى: من تتوالى له السببية في مرتبتين (والمقدمة 2): هو الذي يستطيع أن يشخص حلقتين في سلسلة واحدة من الأسباب والمسببات (دي سلان).
توالى: زعم أنه مولى ل ... être client de ( الكامل 15:335).

صوم

1 صَامَ, (S, M, &c.,) aor. ـُ (Msb,) inf. n. صَوْمٌ, and صِيَامٌ; (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K;) and ↓ اِصْطَامَ; (M, K;) He abstained, (Msb, TA,) in an absolute sense: (Msb:) this is the primary signification: (TA:) [or] this is said to be the signification in the proper language of the Arabs: (Msb:) and in the language of the law, (Msb, TA,) he observed a particular kind of abstinence; (Msb;) i. e. (TA) he abstained from food (S, M, K, TA) and drink (M, K, TA) and coïtus: (M, K:) and (S, * M, &c.) by a tropical application, (TA,) (tropical:) from speech: (S, * M, Mgh, Msb, * K, TA:) or صَوْمٌ in the proper language of the Arabs signifies a man's abstaining from eating: and by a secondary application, a particular serving of God [by fasting]; (Mgh;) [i. e.] the abstaining from eating and drinking and coïtus from daybreak to sunset: (KT:) accord. to Kh, it signifies [properly] the standing without work. (S.) صام الشَّهْرَ means صام فِى الشَّهْرِ [He fasted during the month]: agreeably with what is said in the Kur ii. 181. (TA.) And it is said (S, M) by I'Ab (S) that the saying, in the Kur [xix. 27], (S, M,) إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ صَوْمًا means (assumed tropical:) [Verily I have vowed unto the Compassionate] an abstaining from speech. (S, M, Msb.) One says also, صام الفَرَسُ, inf. n. صَوْمٌ (S, M) and صِيَامٌ, (M,) (assumed tropical:) The horse stood without eating of fodder; (S;) or abstained from the eating of fodder. (M, A, Mgh.) And صام عَنِ السَّيْرِ (tropical:) He abstained from going along, or journeying. (TA.) b2: [Hence,] صامت الشَّمْسُ (assumed tropical:) The sun became [apparently] stationary [in the mid-heaven]: (T, TA:) or attained its full height. (M, TA.) b3: And صام النَّهَارُ, (inf. n. صَوْمٌ, S,) (tropical:) The day reached its midpoint. (S, M, Mgh, K, TA.) b4: And صامت الرِّيحُ, (M, TA,) inf. n. صَوْمٌ, (S, K,) (tropical:) The wind became still, or calm. (S, M, K, TA.) b5: And صام المَآءُ, [inf. n. صِيَامٌ (see صُلَاقَةٌ) and probably صَوْمٌ also,] (assumed tropical:) The water became still, or motionless; syn. قَامَ and دَامَ. (TA.) b6: And صام النَّعَامُ, (M, K,) inf. n. صَوْمٌ, (M,) (tropical:) The ostrich cast forth its dung; (M, K, TA;) and in the same sense the verb is used in relation to the domestic fowl; because each stands still in doing this, or because each becomes tranquil by reason of the passing forth of that which occasions annoyance: and accord. to [some one or more of the copies of] the M, صام النَّهَارُ, inf. n. صَوْمٌ, The نهار, by which is here meant the young one of the كَرَوَان, [or rather of the bustard called حُبَارَى,] cast forth what was in its belly. (TA.) A2: صام مَنِيَّتَهُ i. q. ذَاقَهَا [He tasted, or experienced, his death]. (K.) A3: And صَامَ He (a man) shaded himself by means of the tree called صَوْم. (K.) 8 إِصْتَوَمَ see 1, first sentence.

صَوْمٌ an inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, M, &c.) b2: [Hence,] الصَّوْمُ [app. for وَقْتُ الصَّوْمِ] means also (tropical:) [The month of] Ramadán: (K, TA:) whence the saying of Aboo-Zeyd, أَقَمْتُ بِالبَصْرَةِ صَوْمَيْنِ, meaning [I remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, in El-Basrah] two Ramadáns. (TA.) b3: And [in like manner] صَوْمٌ also means (assumed tropical:) A Christian church; syn. بِيعَةٌ: (S, K, TA:) as though for مَحَلُّ الصَّوْمِ i. e. الوَقْفِ [the place of station: for, as Hooker says, speaking of the ancient usage of the Church, “their manner was to stand at prayer, whereupon their meetings unto that purpose had the names of stations given them ”]. (TA.) A2: See also صَائِمٌ.

A3: Also (assumed tropical:) The dung of the ostrich. (S, M, K.) A4: And, in the dial. of Hudheyl, (S,) Certain trees, (S, M,) or a certain tree, (K,) [but] the n. un. is with ة, of the form of the figure of a human being, (M,) ugly in appearance, (M, K,) very much so, the fruits of which are called رُؤُوسُ الشَّيَاطِينِ, i. e. [the heads] of the serpents, [see شَيْطَانٌ and زَقُّومٌ,] not having leaves: AHn says that they have [what are termed] هَدَب [q. v.], their branches do not spread forth, they grow in the manner of the [species of tamarisk called] أَثْل, but are not so tall, and mostly grow in the districts of Benoo-Shebábeh. (M.) صَامَةٌ, for صَوْمَةٌ, inf. n. of un. of صَامَ: see a verse cited voce تَابَ, in art. توب.

صَوْمَانُ: see صَائِمٌ.

أَرْضٌ صَوَامٌ Dry land or ground, in which is no water. (K.) صَوَّامٌ is like صَائِمٌ but having an intensive signification [i. e. meaning Abstaining, &c., much or often]. (Msb.) One says رَجُلٌ صَوَّامٌ قَوَّامٌ, meaning A man who fasts (يَصُومُ) [often] in the day, and who rises [often] in the night [to pray]. (TA.) صَائِمٌ Abstaining, in an absolute sense: this is said to be the signification in the proper language of the Arabs: and in the language of the law, observing a particular kind of abstinence; (Msb;) [i. e.] abstaining from food (S, M, K) and drink and coïtus: and, [by a tropical application, (see 1, first sentence,)] (tropical:) from speech: (M, K:) it is applied to a man: (S, M, Msb:) and ↓ صَوْمَانُ signifies the same, (S, K,) so applied; (S;) as also ↓ صَوْمٌ, (M, K,) applied to a man, (M,) and to a woman, and to two men, (TA,) and to a pl. number; (M, K;) being an inf. n. used as an epithet; (TA;) or it is a pl., [or rather quasi-pl. n.,] like زَوْرٌ: (M voce ضَيْفٌ:) or, in the proper language of the Arabs, صَائِمٌ signifies abstaining from eating: and by a secondary application, serving God in a particular manner [by fasting: see again 1, first sentence]: (Mgh:) accord. to AO, it signifies any creature abstaining from food, or (assumed tropical:) from speech, or (assumed tropical:) from going along or journeying: (S, Msb:) pl. صِيَامٌ and صُوَّمٌ (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and صُيَّمٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and صِيَّمٌ and صُوَّامٌ and صُيَّامٌ and صَيَامَى, (M, K,) the last of which [written in the CK صُيَامَى] is extr. (M.) b2: Applied to a horse, (assumed tropical:) Standing still (S, (M, Msb) without eating of fodder (S, Msb) or without eating anything: (M:) or abstaining from the eating of fodder: (Mgh:) or standing upon his four legs. (Az in art. صون, and TA.) b3: And بَكْرَةٌ صَائِمَةٌ (assumed tropical:) A sheave of a pulley that remains still, (Mgh, TA,) that will not revolve. (S, Mgh, TA.) b4: And مَآءٌ صَائِمٌ (assumed tropical:) Water that is still, or motionless; syn. قَائِمٌ and دَائِمٌ. (Mgh, TA.) مَصَامٌ (tropical:) The station, or standing-place, of a horse; as also ↓ مَصَامَةٌ. (S, K, TA.) b2: and مَصَامُ النَّجْمِ (assumed tropical:) The [imaginary] place of suspension of the asterism [meaning the Pleiades]. (M.) Imra-el-Keys says, كَأَنَّ الثُّرَيَّا عُلّقَتْ فِى مَصَامِهَا بِأَمْرَاسِ كَتَّانٍ إِلَى صُمِّ جَنْدَلِ [As though the Pleiades were hung, in their place of suspension, by means of ropes of flax, to hard and solid rocks: i. e. they seemed as though they were stationary: he means that the night was tedious to him]. (S. [See EM p. 36, where a reading of the former hemistich different from that above is given, with the same and another reading of the latter hemistich.]) b3: One says also, جِئْتُهُ وَالشَّمْسُ فِى مَصَامِهَا, meaning (assumed tropical:) [I came to him when the sun was] in the middle of the sky. (TA.) مَصَامَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.