maṣdarأُوِىُّ أُوِىٌ أَوْيَةٌmuḍāriʿيَأْوِى يَأوِى
Core sense — he went to it for lodging, covert, or refuge; he had compassion on himgenerated
1.1he went to it for lodging, covert, or refuge; he returned to it; he took up his abode in it—أَوَاهُ
الأُوِىُّ properly relates to living beings, but is used of other things figuratively.
Lebeed says: [With a morning-potation of clear wine (خَمْرٍ being understood), and a female singer's straining of her chords, with a stringed instrument to which her thumb returns after the straining]
shāhidبِصَبُوحِ صَافِيَةٍ وَجَذْبِ كَرِينَةٍبِمُوَترٍ تَأْتَى لَهُ إِبْهَامُهَا
. He means تَأْتَوِى لَهُ, of the measure تَفْتَعِلُ, from أَوَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ, meaning عُدْتُ, the و being changed into ا [written ى], and the ى, which is the final radical, being dropped. [But see another reading near the end of the first paragraph of art. اول.]
imperative اِيوِ with damm, of the measure فُعُولٌ [originally أُوُوىٌ], and إِوِىٌّ with kesr; also إِوَآءٌ and أوّى اليه, maṣdar تَأْوِيَةٌ and تأوّى and ٱأْتَوَى (thus, [more commonly ائتوى], according to a copy of the M), or ٱتَّوَى, like ٱتَّخَذَ and اِيتَوَى, both of the measure افتعل. Some use آوَى in the same sense, but several reject it here.
[I will go for refuge to a mountain that shall preserve me from the water]—سَآوِى إِلَى جَبَلٍ يَعْصِمُنِى مِنَ المَآءِ
The pronoun refers to a place of abode.
From the Qur'ān 11:45.
he turned away—أَوَى
Muḍāriʿ as above.
[When the young men turned away to the cave]—إِذْ أَوَى الفِتْيَةُ إِلَى الكَهْفِ
I went to such a one for lodging, covert, or refuge; I joined myself to him—أَوَيْتُ إِلَى فُلَانٍ
According to AHeyth, أَوَيْتُ فُلَانًا means the same; but he did not know أَوَيْتُ to be synonymous with آوَيْتُ, as explained below.
I went to such a one for lodging, covert, or refuge—لَهُ
Though the verb may here be well rendered "went for refuge".
So written afterwards in a copy of the T.
he returned to God—أَوَى إِلَى ٱللّٰهِ
1.1.1it drew together, for healing—أَوَى
Said of a wound; see form 5.
1.2
See also form 4, in seven places.
1.3he felt compassion, or pity, for him—أَوَى لَهُ
Like رَوَى, though it would have been clearer if the author of the K had said like رَمَى [as is shown by the false reading in the CK, أوِىَ لَهُ كَرَوِىّ].; maṣdar أَوْيَةٌ and إِيَّةٌ with kesr, [originally إِوْيَةٌ], the و being changed into ى because of the kesreh before it, or because combined with ى and preceded by sukoon [a mistake for “kesreh”] (IB as cited in the TA); in a copy of the T written ايَّة, and in a copy of the M and in the CK اَيَّة. Also مَأْوِيَةٌ without teshdeed [in my copy of the Mgh written with teshdeed].
he felt compassion, or pity, for him—مَأْوَاهٌ
he felt compassion, or pity, for him—ائتوى
Of the measure افتعل.
be compassionate to him—اِوِ لَهُ
The imperative form [unless this is a mistranscription for اِيوِ لَهُ].
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 4 shown of 5
11:80
قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ ءَاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍHe said: "Would that I had power to suppress you or that I could betake myself to some powerful support."
18:10
إِذْ أَوَى ٱلْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًاBehold, the youths betook themselves to the Cave: they said, "Our Lord! bestow on us Mercy from Thyself, and dispose of our affair for us in the right way!"
18:16
وَإِذِ ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ فَأْوُۥٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ يَنشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُم مِّنْ أَمْرِكُم مِّرْفَقًا"When ye turn away from them and the things they worship other than Allah, betake yourselves to the Cave: Your Lord will shower His mercies on you and disposes of your affair towards comfort and ease."
18:63
قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَآ إِلَى ٱلصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّى نَسِيتُ ٱلْحُوتَ وَمَآ أَنسَىٰنِيهُ إِلَّا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُۥ ۚ وَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ عَجَبًاHe replied: "Sawest thou (what happened) when we betook ourselves to the rock? I did indeed forget (about) the Fish: none but Satan made me forget to tell (you) about it: it took its course through the sea in a marvellous way!"
Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.
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, (T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) and أَوَاهُ , (M, Msb, K,) aor. يَأْوِى , (T, S, Msb,) imperative اِيوِ (T,) inf. n. أُوِىُّ , (T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) with damm, (K,) of the measure فُعُولٌ , [originally أُوُوىٌ ,] (S,) and إِوِىٌّ , (Fr, M, K,) with kesr, (K,) and إِوَآءٌ ; (S;) and أوّى اليه , (M, K,) inf. n. تَأْوِيَةٌ ; (K;) and تأوّى ; (M, K;) and ٱأْتَوَى , (thus [more commonly ائتوى ] accord. to a copy of the M,) or ٱتَّوَى , (K,) like ٱتَّخَذَ , (TK,) and اِيتَوَى , (M, K,) both of the measure افتعل ; (TA;) and آوَى is used by some in the same sense, but rejected, in this sense, by several; (Msb;) the pronoun relating to a place of abode; (T, S, M, Msb, K;) He betook himself to it, or repaired to it, for lodging, covert, or refuge; (Mgh;) and [simply] he got him or got himself, betook himself, repaired, or resorted, to it; (T, Mgh;) he returned to it; (M;) he took up his abode in it; he lodged, or abode, or dwelt, in it. (Msb, K.) Hence, in the Kur [xi. 45], سَآوِى إِلَى جَبَلٍ يَعْصِمُنِى مِنَ المَآءِ [I will betake myself for refuge to a mountain that shall preserve me from the water]. (S.) الأُوِىُّ properly relates to living beings; but is used otherwise, metaphorically. (M.) In the saying of Lebeed, 1 [With a morning-potation of clear wine ( خَمْرٍ being understood), and a female singer's straining of her chords, with a stringed instrument to which her thumb returns after the straining], he means تَأْتَوِى لَهُ , of the measure تَفْتَعِلُ , from أَوَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ signifying عُدْتُ ; the و being changed into ا [written ى ], and the ى , which is the final radical, being elided. (M. [But see another reading near the end of the first paragraph of art. اول .]) أَوَى , aor. as above, inf. n. أُوِىٌ , also signifies He turned away: and hence, [it is said,] إِذْ أَوَى الفِتْيَةُ إِلَى الكَهْفِ [When the young men turned away to the cave: though the verb may be here well rendered betook themselves for refuge]. (Har p. 246.) You say also, أَوَيْتُ إِلَى فُلَانٍ , (A'Obeyd, T,) or لَهُ , (as afterwards written in a copy of the T,) [I betook myself to such a one, or repaired to him, for lodging, covert, or refuge; or] I joined myself, got myself, betook myself, repaired, or resorted, to such a one: and accord. to AHeyth, أَوَيْتُ فُلَانًا signifies the same; but he did not know أَوَيْتُ to be syn. with آوَيْتُ as explained below. (T.) And أَوَى إِلَى ٱللّٰهِ He returned unto God. (TA, from a trad.) بِصَبُوحِ صَافِيَةٍ وَجَذْبِ كَرِينَةٍ | بِمُوَترٍ تَأْتَى لَهُ إِبْهَامُهَا أَوَى said of a wound: see 5. See also 4, in seven places. أَوَى لَهُ , (T, S, M, Mgh, K,) like رَوَى , (K, TA,) but it would have been more explicit if the author of the K had said like رَمَى , (TA,) [as is shown by the false reading in the CK, أوِىَ لَهُ كَرَوِىّ ,] aor. يَأوِى , (T, S, Mgh,) inf. n. أَوْيَةٌ (S, K) and إِيَّةٌ , (S, Mgh, K,) with kesr, (TA,) [originally إِوْيَةٌ ,] the و being changed into ى because of the kesreh before it, (S,) or because combined with ى and preceded by sukoon [a mistake for “kesreh”], (IB as cited in the TA,) [in a copy of the T written ايَّة , and in a copy of the M and in the CK اَيَّة ,] and مَأْوِيَةٌ , (S, M, K,) without teshdeed, (S, TA,) [in my copy of the Mgh written with tesh-deed,] and مَأْوَاهٌ , (S, M, K,) He compassionated him; felt compassion, or pity, for him; (T, S, M, Mgh, K;) as also ائتوى , (T, K,) of the measure افتعل . (TA.) In using the imperative form, you say, اِوِ لَهُ , [unless this be a mistranscription for اِيوِ لَهُ ,] meaning Be thou compassionate to him. (T, TA.)