maṣdarطَىٌّ طِيَّةٌ طَوًىmuḍāriʿيَطْوِى يَطْوَى
Core sense — he folded it, or rolled it up; he traversed a country; he suffered hungergenerated
1.1he folded, or rolled up, the thing — a garment, a piece of cloth, or a written sheet—الصَّحِيفَةَ
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طَوَى الصَّحِيفَةَ means the opposite of نَشَرَهَا.
he folded the garment, or piece of cloth—طَوَى الثَّوْبَ
with kesr, and طِيَةٌ, like عِدَةٌ; this last on the authority of Lh, and irregular.
a written sheet thick, or rude, in its folding—صَحِيفَةٌ جَافِيَةُ الطِّيَةِ
Reported as meaning الطَّىِّ.
I folded the skin while it was moist—طَوَيْتُ السِّقَآءَ عَلَى بُلُلَتِهِ
Also بُلَلَتِهِ, or بَلَلَتِهِ.
Hence the phrases طَوَيْتُ فُلَانًا عَلَى بُلُلَتِهِ and بُلَلَتِهِ, and طَوَاهُ عَلَى بِلَالِهِ and بُلُولِهِ, explained under بَلَلٌ; and a similar phrase in a verse cited under ذَرِبَ. See also a similar phrase in art. دمل, form 3; and see طَوِىَ.
1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe, or it, made a thing compact, as though folded, or round like a scroll—طَوَى
his body became compacted, or rounded, so that its flesh was firm—طُوِىَ جِسْمُهُ طَيًّا حَتَّى ٱكْتَنَزَ لَحْمُهُ
Lh, in art. دملج.
a shank goodly in its compactness; well compacted, well rounded—سَاقٌ حَسَنَةُ الطَّىِّ
Given in art. جدل.
it made him lean, lank, light of flesh, or slender in the belly—طَوَاهُ
In art. مسد.
travel made him lean, or emaciated him—طَوَاهُ السَّيْرُ
1.1.2he folded, or bent, his neck, and slept free from fear—طَوَى عُنُقَهُ وَنَامَ آمِنًا
Said of a gazelle.
1.1.3figurative · مجازhe turned away his love, or affection—طَوَى كَشْحَهُ
he turned away from me, forsaking, or abandoning, me—طَوَى كَشْحَهُ عَنِّى
Literally, he folded, or bent, his flank.
Or, as in the M, he withdrew his countenance. This example is cited: [Many a companion has withdrawn countenance, and I said to him, This withdrawing of yours withdraws me from you]
shāhidوَصَاحِبٍ قَدْ طَوَى كَشْحًا فَقُلْتُ لَهُإِنَّ ٱنْطِوَآءَكَ هٰذَا عَنْكَ يَطْوِينِى
See also art. كشح.
1.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredhe concealed an affair, or a case—طَوَى كَشْحَهُ عَلَى أَمْرٍ
Or, as in the M, he determined, or resolved, upon an affair; or, as in the L and other lexicons, he persevered in an affair.
Given in art. كشح.
1.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredhe suffered hunger on purpose—طَوَى
For طَوَى أَحْشَآءَهُ.
See also طَوِىَ.
1.1.6figurative · مجازhe concealed the story from me—طَوَى عَنِّى الحَدِيثَ
he concealed the secret from me—السِّرَّ
conceal this story—اِطْوِ هٰذَا الحَدِيثَ
1.1.7figurative · مجازhe kept a story hidden in his mind and passed on from it to another story—طَوَى حَدِيثًا إِلَى حَدِيثٍ
the passing on from one fast to the next—طَىُّ الصَّوْمِ
he passes on from one halting-place to another without alighting—يَطْوِى مَنْزِلًا إِلَى مَنْزِلٍ فَلَا يَنْزِلُ
he passed on from the place to the place—طَوَى المَكَانَ إِلَى المَكَانِ
he traversed the countries, country after country—طَوَى البِلَادَ
Like what is said of a traveller.
Said of the traveller.
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1.1.8figurative · مجاز — inferredhe came to the people, or party—طَوَى القَوْمَ
Or: he passed by them; or he sat with them, at their place of abode.
1.1.9figurative · مجازmay God shorten the distance for us—طَوَى ٱللّٰهُ البُعْدَ لَنَا
Literally, may God make it near; so according to the K.
According to the T the phrase is البَعِيدَ, that is, make the remote near.
1.1.10figurative · مجاز — inferredit made life pass away—الطَّىُّ
God made, or may God make, his life pass away—طَوَى ٱللّٰهُ عُمُرَهَ
such a one has had the life taken from him, but he is revived—طُوِىَ فُلَانٌ وَهُوَ مَنْشُورٌ
It also denotes the passing away of life, or rather the making of life to pass away.
A poet says: [Your misfortunes have taken the life out of you after reviving you]
shāhidطَوَتْكَ خُطُوبُ دَهْرِكَ بَعْدَ نَشْرٍ
Said of a person when he has died and a good reputation, or a good memorial, of him remains.
In line with this use of the verb, طَوَاهُ may be rendered he caused it to pass away, or come to an end; he destroyed it; see the ism mafʿūl. And according to Bd, يَوْمَ نَطْوِى ٱلسَّمَآءَ in Kur 21:104 may mean on the day when we shall efface the heaven; but it is better rendered on the day when we shall fold, or roll up, the heaven.
Qur’ān 21:104 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xxi. 104”
Qur’ān 21:104 Lane quotes this verse
يَوْمَ نَطْوِى ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَىِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأْنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُّعِيدُهُۥ ۚ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَThe Day that We roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up for books (completed),- even as We produced the first creation, so shall We produce a new one: a promise We have undertaken: truly shall We fulfil it.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.1.11he wound the spun thread on the winder—طَوَى الغَزْلَ عَلَى المِطْوَى
1.1.12he cased the well with stones, and with baked bricks—طَوَى الرَّكِيَّةَ
Or البِئْرَ.
he cased the bricks, or crude bricks, in the building—طَوَى اللَّبِنَ فِى البِنَآءِ
1.2the skin was folded up with moisture, or some remains of milk, in it—طَوِىَ السِّقَآءُ
As a result it became altered, and stinking, and came apart by putrefaction.
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1.2.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe was hungry—طَوِىَ
and also طِوًى, on the authority of Sb.
Also أَطْوَى, in the same sense.
See also طَوَى above.
1.2.2the place he would go to became remote—طَوِيَتْ طِيَّتُهُ
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
21:104
يَوْمَ نَطْوِى ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَىِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأْنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُّعِيدُهُۥ ۚ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَThe Day that We roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up for books (completed),- even as We produced the first creation, so shall We produce a new one: a promise We have undertaken: truly shall We fulfil it.
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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, (S, Msb, *) or الصَّحِيفَةَ , (K,) aor. يَطْوِى , (Msb, K,) inf. n. طَىٌّ , (S, Msb,) [He folded, folded up, or folded together, and he rolled up, the thing, such as a garment, or piece of cloth, or the like, or the written piece of paper:] طَوَى الصَّحِيفَةَ meaning the contr. of نَشَرَهَا . (TA.) And one says also, طَوَى الثَّوْبَ , inf. n. طِيَّةٌ , with kesr, and طِيَةٌ , like عِدَةٌ , this latter on the authority of Lh, and extr., [meaning He folded, &c., the garment, or piece of cloth:] and the phrase صَحِيفَةٌ جَافِيَةُ الطِّيَةِ has been mentioned as meaning الطَّىِّ [i. e. A written piece of paper thick, or rude, in respect of the folding, &c.]. (TA.) [And طَوَيْتُ السِّقَآءَ عَلَى بُلُلَتِهِ , and بُلَلَتِهِ , or بَلَلَتِهِ , I folded the skin while it was moist: whence the phrases طَوَيْتُ فُلَانًا عَلَى بُلُلَتِهِ , and بُلَلَتِهِ , &c., and طَوَاهُ عَلَى بِلَالِهِ , and بُلُولِهِ , expl. voce بَلَلٌ ; and a similar phrase in a verse cited voce ذَرِبَ , q. v.: see also a similar phrase in art. دمل , conj. 3: and see طَوِىَ .] [Hence, طَوَى signifies also He, or it, made a thing compact, as though folded; or round, like a scroll.] One says, طُوِىَ جِسْمُهُ طَيًّا حَتَّى ٱكْتَنَزَ لَحْمُهُ [His body was, or became, compacted, or rounded, so that his, or its, flesh was firm, or hard]. (Lh, TA in art. دملج .) And سَاقٌ حَسَنَةُ الطَّىِّ [A shank goodly in respect of the compacture, or rounding; well compacted, well rounded, or well turned]. (K in art. جدل , &c.) And [hence likewise,] طَوَاهُ means also It rendered him lean, lank, light of flesh, slender, or lank in the belly. (L in art. مسد .) One says, طَوَاهُ السَّيْرُ Journeying, or travel, rendered him lean, or emaciated him. (TA.) طَوَى عُنُقَهُ وَنَامَ آمِنًا is said of a gazelle [as meaning He folded, or bent, his neck, and slept free from fear]. (TA.) طَوَى كَشْحَهُ [lit. He folded, or bent, his flank,] means he turned away his love, or affection: (S, TA:) or, as in the M, he withdrew his countenance: and the following ex. is cited: 1 [Many a companion has withdrawn countenance, and I have said to him, Verily this thy withdrawing withdraws me from thee]: (TA:) or طَوَى كَشْحَهُ عَنِّى means he turned away from me, forsaking, or abandoning. (K, TA. [See also art. كشح .]) وَصَاحِبٍ قَدْ طَوَى كَشْحًا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ | إِنَّ ٱنْطِوَآءَكَ هٰذَا عَنْكَ يَطْوِينِى And طَوَى كَشْحَهُ عَلَى أَمْرٍ He concealed an affair, or a case: (K, TA:) or, as in the M, he determined, or resolved, upon an affair: (TA:) or, as in the L, and other lexicons, he persevered in an affair. (TA in art. كشح .) And طَوَى , [for طَوَى أَحْشَآءَهُ ,] (S, K,) aor. يَطْوِى , inf. n. طَىٌّ , (S,) He suffered hunger intentionally, or purposely. (S, K. [See also طَوِىَ .]) And طَوَى عَنِّى الحَدِيثَ , (K, * TA,) and السِّرَّ , (TA,) He concealed from me the story, (K, * TA,) and the secret. (TA.) One says, اِطْوِ هٰذَا الحَدِيثَ Conceal thou this story. (TA.) And طَوَى حَدِيثًا إِلَى حَدِيثٍ He concealed in his mind a story and passed on from it to another story; like as is said of the traveller in the sentence next following: and similar to this is the phrase طَىُّ الصَّوْمِ [the passing on from the fasting to the next fasting]. (TA.) One says of the traveller, يَطْوِى مَنْزِلًا إِلَى مَنْزِلٍ فَلَا يَنْزِلُ [He passes on from one place of alighting to another so that he does not alight]. (TA.) And طَوَى المَكَانَ إِلَى المَكَانِ He passed on from the place to the place. (TA.) And طَوَى البِلَادَ , (K, Ta,) inf. n. طَىٌّ , (TA,) He traversed the countries, (K, TA,) country after country. (TA.) طَوَى القَوْمَ means He came to the people, or party: or he passed by them: (IAar, K, TA:) or he sat by them, or at their place of abode. (K, TA.) طَوَى ٱللّٰهُ البُعْدَ لَنَا , accord. to the K, means May God contract (lit. make near) the distance to us: but accord. to the T, البَعِيدَ [i. e., make near the remote]. (TA.) الطَّىُّ also denotes the passing away of life: [or rather the making life to pass away:] one says, طَوَى ٱللّٰهُ عُمُرَهَ [God made, or may God make, his life to pass away]: and a poet says, 1 [Thy misfortunes have exanimated thee after vivifying, or reviving]: طُوِىَ فُلَانٌ وَهُوَ مَنْشُورٌ [Such a one has been exanimated but he is revived] is said of a person when [he has died and] a good reputation of him remains, or a good memorial. (TA.) [It is also implied in the TA that, in accordance with this usage of the verb, طَوَاهُ may be rendered He caused it to pass away, or come to nought or to an end; destroyed it; or annihilated it: (see the pass. part. n.:) and, accord. to Bd, يَوْمَ نَطْوِى ٱلسَّمَآءَ , in the Kur xxi. 104, may mean On the day when we shall efface the heaven: but this phrase is better rendered on the day when we shall fold, or roll up, the heaven.] طَوَتْكَ خُطُوبُ دَهْرِكَ بَعْدَ نَشْرٍ One says also, طَوَى الغَزْلَ عَلَى المِطْوَى [He wound the spun thread upon the winder]. (TA.) And طَوَى الرَّكِيَّةَ , (TA,) or البِئْرَ , (Msb,) inf. n. طَىٌّ , He cased the well with stones, and with baked bricks: and in like manner, طَوَى اللَّبِنَ فِى البِنَآءِ [He cased the bricks, or crude bricks, in the building]. (TA.) طَوِىَ السِّقَآءُ , [aor. يَطْوَى ,] inf. n. طَوًى , The skin was folded having in it moisture, or some remains of milk, in consequence of which it became altered, and stinking, and dissundered by putrefaction. (TA. [See also the third sentence of this paragraph.]) And طَوِىَ , aor. يَطْوَى , inf. n. طَوًى (S, K) and طِوًى also, on the authority of Sb, (TA,) He was hungry; (S, K; *) as also أَطْوَى . (K. [See also طَوَى , above.]) And طَوِيَتْ طِيَّتُهُ The place to which, or towards which, he would repair, or betake himself, was, or became, remote. (Lh, TA.)