perform ablutions

(S, K) aor. يَوْضُوأُ, inf. n. وَضَآءَةٌ; (TA;) and وَضِيأَ, aor. يَوْضَأُ; (IO, &c.;) He was, or became, fair, beautiful, neat, or clean. (S, K.) ― -b2- فَوَضَأَهُ ↓ وَاضَأَهُ, (S, K,) aor. of the latter يَضَأُ, (S,) dev. from rule, by which, as a verb of the class called افعال المغالبة, it should be like يَنْصُرُ, (TA,) He vied with him for the honour of surpassing in fairness, or comeliness, and prevailed over him therein. (S, K.)

[He made him, or assisted him, to perform the ablution termed وُضُوْءً, or وَضُوْء. (M, TA.) [See an ex. voce قِسْطٌ.]

see 1.

, (S, K,) inf. n., [or rather quasi-inf. n., used for the regular inf. n. تَوَضُّوأٌ,] وُضُوْءٌ, or وَضُوْءٌ, or both, [see these two nouns below,] from وَضَآءَةٌ, (lit., He made himself fair, beautiful, neat, or clean: TA:) He performed ablution, لِلْصَّلَاةِ for, or preparatory to, prayer. (S, K.) ― -b2- It sometimes signifies He washed some one or more of his members: he purified his hand, or hands, and mouth, by washing, from the foul smell of fat, or greasy, food: he washed his hand. ― -b3- Some say تَوَضَّيْتُ [for تَوَضَّأْتُ]; but this should not be said: (S:) it is of weak authority, or is viciously so pronounced: (K:) it is said to be of the dial, of Hudheyl. (TA.) ― -b4- توضّأ, and توضّأت, He (a youth), and she (a girl), arrived at the age of puberty. (K.)

: see وَضِىْءٌ.

: see وُضُوْءٌ.

signifies The act of ablution, &c. (S, K) (see 5); and ↓ وَضُوْءٌ, the water with which that act is performed, or the water that is prepared for that act, (S, K, TA,) and is said to be also an inf. n., [or rather a quasi-inf. n., signifying the act itself]: (S, K:) or they are syn. words of two different dialects, each sometimes used as an inf. n., signifying the act, (though inf. ns. of the measure فَعُولٌ deviate from constant rule, TA,) and each sometimes as signifying the water. (S, K, TA.) AA says, that ↓ وَضُوْءٌ signifies “ the water with which one performs the ablution above mentioned; ” and he knew not وُضُوْءٌ [though it occurs in many traditions]: and A 'Obeyd disallows وَضُوْءٌ, and allows only ↓ وَضُوْءٌ. (TA.)

, (S, K,) pl. أَوْضِيَآءُ and وِضَآءٌ; (K;) and ↓ وُضَّآءٌ, [S, K; in the CK, erroneously, وُضَّآءٍ;] pl. وُضَّاوأُونَ and وَضَاضِيأُ; (K;) and ↓ وَاضِيأٌ, (K,) which is used in the future sense, accord. to Lh, [like an act. part. n., though from a neut. verb,] as in the ex. [mentioned in the K] مَاهو بِوَاضِيأٍ; وَضِىْءٌ being used in the present sense; (TA;) Fair, beautiful, neat, or clean. (S, K.) ― -b2- In the following of En-Nábighah, " فَهُنَّ إِضَآءٌ صَافِيَاتُ الغَلَايأِلِ " [And they are fair, beautiful, neat, or clean; unsullied as to their inner garments], ↓ إِضَآءٌ may be put for وِضَآءٌ. (TA.)

Fairness, beauty, neatness, or cleanness. (S, K.)

and وَاضِيأٌ: see وَضيأءٌ.

Fairer, neater, or cleaner. (TA, from a trad.)

, and, sometimes, ↓ مِيضَآءَة, A place in which, and from which, one performs the ablution termed وضوء; (K;) [as also ↓ مُتُوَضَّأٌ:] a مِطْهَرَة (K: in the CK, مَطْهَرَة), meaning that from which, or in which, one performs the said ablution: (TA:) [a tank for ablution, accord. to present usage].