Core sense — love, attachment; blameable inclination, desire; an object of lovegenerated
1[He followed his evil inclination]—اِتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ
Love, and attachment; then, inclination of the soul, or mind, to a thing; then, blameable inclination.
Also هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الأَهْوَآءِ; see below.
See also حُبٌّ.
1.1beloved, an object of love—هَوًى
Being originally a maṣdar, it may be used alike as singular and plural. For an example, see a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. زين, and see also شَكْلٌ.
1.2the inclination of the soul to what the animal appetites delight in—الهَوَى
Without any lawful invitation to it; natural desire. Love, and desire; generally such as is not praiseworthy. I render it: love, or desirous love.
1.3opinions swerving from the right way, or from the truth—أَهْوَآءٌ
[The people of erroneous opinions]—أَهْلُ الأَهْوَآءِ
This is the plural.
So in art. سمع and elsewhere.
Show Lane's original text
Love, and attachment: then, inclination of the soul, or mind, to a thing: then, blameable inclination; as when one says, اِتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ [He followed his evil inclination]; and هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الأَهْوَآءِ [see below]. (Msb.) See also حُبٌّ . هَوًى Also signifies Beloved [or an object of love]. (K, Ham, p. 546.) [Being originally an inf. n., it may be used alike as sing. and pl. See an ex. in a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. زين : and see an ex. voce شَكْلٌ . الهَوَى The inclination of the soul to that in which the animal appetites take delight, without any lawful invitation thereto; (KT;) [natural desire:] love, and desire; generally, such as is not praiseworthy: (Mgh:) I render it, love, or desirous love. [Its pl.] أَهْوَآءٌ also signifies Opinions declining, or swerving, from the right way, or from the truth. (Bd, ii. 114.) [Hence,] أَهْلُ الأَهْوَآءِ [The people of erroneous opinions]. (T, in art. سمع ; &c.)