جو
جَوٌّ The air: (
K:) or [the atmosphere; i. e.] what is between the heaven, or sky, and the earth; (
S,
Mgh;) the air [or the region] between the heaven, or sky, and the earth:
pl. أَجْوَآءٌ. (
TA.) فِى جَوِّ السَّمَآءِ, in the
Kur [xvi. 81], means In the air between the heaven, or sky, and the earth: (
Jel:) or in the middle of the sky: (Katádeh,
TA:) or in the air that is remote from the earth. (
Bd.)
b2: A low, or depressed, part of the ground; (
M,
K;) as also ↓ جَوَّةٌ: (
K:) or a wide part of a valley: (
S,
Msb:)
pl. (in the latter sense,
Msb, or in the former,
K,
TA) جِوَآءٌ (
Msb,
K) and [of pauc.] أَجْوِيَةٌ. (
TA.) It has the latter meaning in the saying of Tarafeh, [addressing a lark,] خَلَا لَكِ الجَوُّ فَبِيضِى وَاصْفِرِى
[The wide part of the valley has become vacant for thee; so lay thine eggs, and whistle]. (
AA,
S.)
Az says, I entered, with an Arab of the desert, a [hollow place in which water collected, termed a] دَحْل, in El-Khalsà, and when we came to the water, he said, هٰذَا جَوٌّ مِنَ المَاءِ لَا يُوقَفُ عَلَى أَقْصَاهُ [This is an abyss of water: one knows not the utmost extent of it]. (
TA.)
b3: A vacant, void, or desolate, place, in which is no one to cheer by his company. (
Ham p. 293.)
b4: The inside, or interior, of a house or tent; (
K;) and of anything; of the
dial. of Syria; also termed ↓ جَوَّةٌ, (
TA,) and ↓ جَوَّانِىٌّ; (
K; [in the
CK ا is erroneously put for ن;]) in which last, the ا and أُرِيدُ جَوًّا وَيُرِيدُ بَرًّا are augmentatives for the purpose of corroboration. (
TA.)
b5: [Hence,] جَوَّةٌ I desire concealment, or secrecy, and he desires publicity. (A in art. بر.) جَوَّةٌ: see جَوٌّ, in two places.
جَوَّانِىٌّ: see جَوٌّ. Hence the saying of Selmán, مَنْ أَصْلَحَ جَوَّانِيَّهُ أَصْلَحَ اللّٰهُ بَرَّانِيَّهُ [explained in art. بر]. (
TA.) [It generally signifies Inner, inward, or interior; and secret, or private; opposed to بَرَّانِىٌّ; and is now vulgarly pronounced جُوَّانِىْ.] It is a rel.
n. [irregularly formed] from جَوٌّ signifying “ any low, or depressed, part of the ground. ” (
T in art. بر.)
