تو
4 اتوى, said of a man, signifies جَآءَ تَوًّا, i. e. He came alone; by himself: opposed to أَزْوَى
meaning “ he came with another. ” (
T.)
A2: See also art. توى.
تَوٌّ [
app. from the Persian تُوْ, meaning “ a fold,” or “ a single fold,”,] One, and no more; single; sole. (
T,
S,
M,
K.) You say, كَانَ تَوًّا فَصَارَ زَوًّا He, or it, was one only, and became a pair. (
TA.) and it is said in a
trad., الطَّوَافُ تَوٌّ وَالاِسْتِجْمَارُ تَوٌّ, (
S,
TA,) i. e., The circuiting [of the Kaabeh] is one action, and the casting of the pebbles [in the valley of Minè] is one action. (
TA.) You say also, جَآءَ تَوٌّا, meaning He came alone; by himself: (
T,
S,
M:) or he came by a direct course, nothing making him to deviate, and not stopping anywhere in the road; for if he stop anywhere in the road, he is not said to be توّ. (
Az,
A'Obeyd,
M,
K.) and عَقَدْتُهُ بِتَوٍّ وَاحِدٍ I tied it with a single knot; by turning the cord, or the like, once: so says
Az; and he cites the following
ex.: جَارِيَةٌ لَيْسَتْ مِنَ الوَحْشَنِّ لَا تَعْقِدُ المَنْطَقَ بِالمُشْتَنِّ
إِلَّا بِتَوٍّ وَاحِدٍ أَوْ تَنِّ i. e., [A girl that is not of the wild, or shy, sort: she does not tie the zone with the fist, but with a single knot, or] half a knot: the ن in تَنّ [and in وَحْشَنّ and مُشْتَنّ] is redundant: تَنّ being originally تَ, which is a contraction [or rather the half, both as to the letter and the meaning,] of تَوّ. (
T.)
b2: A rope that is twisted of a single strand:
pl. أَتْوَآءٌ. (
T,
M,
K.)
b3: [It is said that] it signifies also A thousand horses, or horsemen. (
Az,
T,
K.) [But this requires consideration: for] one says, وَجَّهَ فُلَانٌ مِنْ خَيْلِهِ بِأَلْفٍ تَوٍّ, (
Az,
T,
S,) meaning [Such a one sent a troop of his horses] with a thousand men; i. e., with one thousand: (
S,
TA:) or, as some say, with one complete thousand. (
TA.)
A2: Also One who is unoccupied by the business of the present world and of the world to come. (
AA,
T,
K. *)
A3: Also A structure elevated, reared, or erected. (
T,
K.) تَوَّةٌ A period, or a short period, (سَاعَةٌ,
AA,
T,
K,) of time. (
AA,
T.) You say, مَضَتْ تَوَّةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ, and النَّهَار, A period, or a short period, (ساعة,) of the night passed, and of the day. (
TA.) And مَا مَضَى إِلَّا حَتَّى كَانَ كَذَا There passed not save a short period (ساعة) to the time that such a thing happened. (
IAar,
T.) Hence the saying of the vulgar, تَوَّةً قَامَ [commonly pronounced تَوَّهْ] Just now (السَّاعَةَ) he rose, or stood. (
TA.)
