إِوِيّ
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Highlights
Present tense
يَأْوِي
Verbal nouns
إِوِيّ، أُوِيّ، إِوَاء
Active participle
آوٍ
Passive participle
مَأْوِيّ
Most common words from the same root
Noun
مَأْوًى
shelter
Verb · Form VIII
اِئْتَوَى
to take refuge at
Verb · Form II
أَوَّى
to receive hospitably
Verb · Form IV
آوَى
to seek shelter
أَوَى in English
Verb · Form I
- to look for shelter
لَمَّا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ قَالَ لِي يَا أَشْعَثُ احْفَظْ عَنِّي شَيْئًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِWhen he retired to bed he said to me: “O Ash'ath, learn from me something that I heard from the Messenger of Allah”Ahadith Sunan Ibn Majah, Chapters on Marriage
- to receive hospitably, to shelter (someone or something) transitive
- to nestle
Words from the root ء-و-ي
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
أَوَى
· present يَأْوِي
Form I · The plain action
to look for shelter; to receive hospitably, to shelter (someone or something); to nestle
أُوِيّ
إِوَاء
آوٍ
مَأْوِيّ
مَأْوًى
shelter
أَوَّى
· present يُؤَوِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive
to receive hospitably, to shelter, to lodge (someone)
تَأْوِيَة
مُؤَوٍّ
مُؤَوًّى
آوَى
· present يُؤْوِي
Form IV · Causative
to seek shelter, to seek refuge; to retire, to retreat, to withdraw; to house, to harbor, to lodge (someone)
إِيوَاء
مُؤْوٍ
مُؤْوًى
تَأَوَّى
· present يَتَأَوَّى
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to gather together
تَأَوٍّ
مُتَأَوٍّ
مُتَأَوًّى
اِئْتَوَى
· present يَأْتَوِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to take refuge at
اِئْتِوَاء
مُؤْتَوٍ
مُؤْتَوًى
اِسْتَأْوَى
· present يَسْتَأْوِي
Form X · Seeking or considering
to desire or ask (someone) for mercy or compassion
اِسْتِئْوَاء
مُسْتَأْوٍ
مُسْتَأْوًى
أَوَى conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | أَوَيْتُ | آوِي | آوِيَ | آوِ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | أَوَيْتَ | تَأْوِي | تَأْوِيَ | تَأْوِ | اِئْوِ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | أَوَيْتِ | تَأْوِينَ | تَأْوِي | تَأْوِي | اِئْوِي |
| هُوَ he | أَوَى | يَأْوِي | يَأْوِيَ | يَأْوِ | — |
| هِيَ she | أَوَتْ | تَأْوِي | تَأْوِيَ | تَأْوِ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | أَوَيْتُمَا | تَأْوِيَانِ | تَأْوِيَا | تَأْوِيَا | اِئْوِيَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | أَوَيَا | يَأْوِيَانِ | يَأْوِيَا | يَأْوِيَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | أَوَتَا | تَأْوِيَانِ | تَأْوِيَا | تَأْوِيَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | أَوَيْنَا | نَأْوِي | نَأْوِيَ | نَأْوِ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | أَوَيْتُمْ | تَأْوُونَ | تَأْوُوا | تَأْوُوا | اِئْوُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | أَوَيْتُنَّ | تَأْوِينَ | تَأْوِينَ | تَأْوِينَ | اِئْوِينَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | أَوَوْا | يَأْوُونَ | يَأْوُوا | يَأْوُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | أَوَيْنَ | يَأْوِينَ | يَأْوِينَ | يَأْوِينَ | — |
| Verbal noun | إِوِيّ، أُوِيّ، إِوَاء |
|---|---|
| Active participle | آوٍ |
| Passive participle | مَأْوِيّ |
أَوَى in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to look for shelter
لَمَّا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ قَالَ لِي يَا أَشْعَثُ احْفَظْ عَنِّي شَيْئًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِWhen he retired to bed he said to me: “O Ash'ath, learn from me something that I heard from the Messenger of Allah”Ahadith Sunan Ibn Majah, Chapters on Marriage
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