جو The air: (K:) or [the atmosphere; i. e.] what is
between the heaven, or sky, and the earth; (S, Mgh;) the air
[or the region] between the heaven, or sky, and the earth:
pl.
أَجْوَآءٌ. (TA.)
فِى
جَوِّ
السَّمَآءِ, in the Kur [xvi. 81], means In the air between the heaven,
or sky, and the earth: (Jel:) or in the middle of the sky: (Katádeh,
TA:) or in the air that is remote from the earth. (Bd.) ― -b2- A low,
or depressed, part of the ground; (M, K;) as also ↓
جَوَّةٌ : (K:) or a wide part of a valley: (S, Msb:) pl. (in the
latter sense, Msb, or in the former, K, TA)
جِوَآءٌ (Msb, K) and [of pauc.]
أَجْوِيَةٌ. (TA.) It has the latter meaning in the saying of Tarafeh,
[addressing a lark,] “
خَلَا
لَكِ
الجَوُّ
فَبِيضِى
وَاصْفِرِى
” [The wide part of the valley has become vacant for thee; so lay thine eggs,
and whistle]. (AA, S.) Az says, I entered, with an Arab of the desert, a
[hollow place in which water collected, termed a]
دَحْل, in El-Khalsà, and when we came to the water, he said,
هٰذَا
جَوٌّ
مِنَ
المَاءِ
لَا
يُوقَفُ
عَلَى
أَقْصَاهُ [This is an abyss of water: one knows not the utmost extent of
it]. (TA.) ― -b3- A vacant, void, or desolate, place, in which is
no one to cheer by his company. (Ham p. 293.) ― -b4- The inside, or
interior, of a house or tent; (K;) and of anything; of the dial. of
Syria; also termed ↓
جَوَّةٌ , (TA,) and ↓
جَوَّانِىٌّ ; (K; [in the CK
ا is erroneously put for
ن;]) in which last, the
ا and
أُرِيدُ
جَوًّا
وَيُرِيدُ
بَرًّا are augmentatives for the purpose of corroboration. (TA.) ― -b5-
[Hence,]
جَوَّةٌ I desire concealment, or secrecy, and he desires
publicity. (A in art.
بر.)
جَوَّةٌ
جو
جوه
جوة : see
جَوٌّ, in two places.
جَوَّانِىٌّ
جوانى
جواني : see
جَوٌّ. Hence the saying of Selmán,
مَنْ
أَصْلَحَ
جَوَّانِيَّهُ
أَصْلَحَ
اللّٰهُ
بَرَّانِيَّهُ [explained in art.
بر]. (TA.) [It generally signifies Inner, inward, or interior;
and secret, or private; opposed to
بَرَّانِىٌّ; and is now vulgarly pronounced
جُوَّانِىْ.] It is a rel. n. [irregularly formed] from
جَوٌّ signifying “ any low, or depressed, part of the ground. ” (T in art.
بر.) Credit:
Lane Lexicon