wiʿāʾ

container, receptacle, vessel

وِعاء

Word

Noun

Root

و ع ي

Forms

Plurals: أَوْعِيَة، أَواعِي، أَواع

In the library

وقَالَ الرَّاوِي: المُرَادُ بِهِ هُنَا وِعَاءُ الخُبزِ، كالجَوَالِقِ وَالخُرْجِ، واللَّه أعلم.

Riyad al-Salihin, page 257 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries

وَعَاهُ Form I He kept it in mind, and considered it

He kept it in mind, and considered it. (Msb.) ― -b2- وَعَى الحَدِيثَ He kept, or retained, the narration in his mind, or memory; or knew it, or learned it, by heart; and studied it until he knew it. (Msb.) ― -b3- وَعَى, aor. , He heeded; paid attention to.
أَوْعَاهُ الحَدِيثَ Form IV He made him to retain the narration in his memory

He made him to retain the narration in his memory; or to know it, or learn it, by heart. (TA, in art. زكت.)
وِعَآءٌ bag, or wallet

A [bag, or wallet, or] receptacle, for travelling-provisions, and for goods or utensils, &c.: (S, MA:) a vessel (?). ― -b2- وِعَآءُ القَلْبِ [The pericardium]. (TA, voce فُوأَادٌ.) ― -b3- بَتَثْتُ لَهُ مَا فِى وِعَايأِى (assumed tropical:) I showed him what was in my heart. (Er-Rághib, TA, in art. شكو and شكى.) ― -b4- حَرْفُ الوِعَآءِ [The adverbial particle فِى]. (IB, in TA, art. وسط.)

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