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زوى

زوى

See also: زوی, روى, زوي, روی, and روي

Arabic

Verb

زَوَى (zawā) I, non-past يَزْوِي‎ (yazwī)

  1. (transitive) to hide
  2. (transitive) to wrinkle
Conjugation
References
  • زوى” in John Mace (2007), Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., ISBN 0-7818-1229-1
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), زوى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

From the root ز و ي (z-w-y); compare زَوَى (zawā, to hide).

Verb

زَوَّى (zawwā) II, non-past يُزَوِّي‎ (yuzawwī)

  1. to go into seclusion
Conjugation
References
  • زوى” in John Mace (2007), Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., ISBN 0-7818-1229-1