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ى1 تَوِىBَ, (T, S, M, Mgh, K,) in the dial. of Teiyi تَوَى, (AAF, M,) aor. ـَ (S, K,) inf. n. تَوًى, (T, S, M, Mgh, K,) It perished; came to an end; (S, Mgh, K;) it passed away (T, M, Mgh) unhoped for: (T, M:) said of property. (T, S, M, Mgh.) Hence the saying, in a trad., لَا تَوَى عَلَى مَالِ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ [There shall be no perishing of the property of a man that is a Muslim]: applied to the case of a man to whom is transferred the responsibility for a debt, and who dies insolvent; meaning that the responsibility shall return to him who transferred it. (Mgh.) 4 اتواهُ He (God, M, K, or another, S) destroyed it, made an end of it, or caused it to perish or come to an end; (S, K;) he made it away; (T, M;) namely, property, (S, M,) or his property. (T.) A2: See also art. تو.تَوٍ (S M, Mgh, K) and ↓ تَاوٍ (Mgh) Perishing; coming to an end; (S, Mgh, K;) passing away (M, Mgh) unhoped for: (M:) applied to property. (S, M, Mgh.) تَوَآءٌ A perishing of property; its coming to an end; or becoming lost. (TA.) تَوِىٌّ Remaining, staying, dwelling, or abiding: (IAar, M, K:) but ثَوِىٌّ, with ث, is better known in this sense. (M.) تَاوٍ: see تَوٍ.
الشُّحُّ مَتْوَاةٌ [Niggardliness, or avarice, is a cause of perishing to property]: a saying of the Arabs, meaning, if thou withhold property from its right disposal, God will make it to pass away in that which is not its right disposal. (M.)
