give lodging, provide housing

(T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) بِالمَكَانِ, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) and فِيهِ, (Msb,) and ثَوَى المَكَانَ, (S, * M, Msb, K,) aor. , (T, S, Msb, K,) inf. n. ثَوَآءُ (T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and ثُوِىٌّ (S, M, Mgh, K) and مَثْوًى; (T, M;) and ↓ اثوى (T, S, M, Msb, K) بالمكان, (S, M, K,) or فيه; (so in the CK;) He remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, (T, S, Mgh, Msb,) in the place: (S, Mgh, Msb:) or he remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, long (Lth, T, M, K) therein: (M, K:) or he alighted, or alighted and abode, in the place: (K:) or ثَوَى signifies also he alighted, or alighted and abode, (M,) or he settled, (TA,) بالمكان in the place. (M.) Hence, إِنَّا نُطِيلُ الثُّوِىَّ فِى دّارِ الحَرْبِ [Verily we prolong the stay in the seat of war]. (Mgh.) [You say also, ثَوَي إِلَى المَرْأَةِ He betook himself to the woman to remain, stay, dwell, or abide, with her: see ثَوِيَّةٌ.] ― -b2- [Hence,] ثَوَى, (T, M, IB, TA,) aor. ; in the K, incorrectly, ↓ ثوّى, inf. n. تَثْوِيَةٌ; (TA;) signifies also He was slain, (T, M,) and remained where he was: (M:) or he remained in his grave: (IB, TA:) or, as the latter verb is explained in the K, he died. (TA.) [See a verse cited in art. حسب, conj. 2.] -A2- ثُوِىَ He was buried: (M, K:) because there is no longer dwelling than that of him who is buried. (M.)

see 4: -A2- and see also 1.

: see 1. -A2- اثواهُ He made him to remain, stay, dwell, or abide; (S, Msb, K;) or to remain, &c., long; (M, K;) in a place; (M, K;) and ↓ ثوّاهُ, (Kr, S, M, K,) inf. n. تَثْوِيَةٌ, (S,) signifies the same. (Kr, S, M, K.) [In the CK, ثَوَيْتُهُ is erroneously put for ثَوَّيْتُهُ.] ― -b2- And He lodged him; made him his guest; or entertained him as a guest. (M, K.) You say, أَنْزَلَنِى فَأَثْوَانِى ثَوَآءً حَسَنًا [He lodged me, and entertained me well as a guest]. (T.)

He became his guest. (TA.)

[mentioned in this art. in the K, as “ A certain letter of the alphabet, ” namely, ث]: see art. ثوأ: ISd holds its ا to be originally و. (TA.)

: see what next follows.

: see what next follows.

, (S, M, K,) without ء, (S,) formed by permutation from ثوية, though the author of the Kitáb [i. e. Sb] holds the ا to be originally ى, (M,) The lodging-place, or nightly resting-place, of camels, (ISk, S, M, K,) and of sheep or goats, (ISk, S,) when they have gone away to a distance in the pasture, or around the tents or houses; (ISk, S, M, K;) as also ↓ ثَوِيَّةٌ and ↓ ثَاوَةٌ: (K:) or the first and second, (AZ, T, S, M,) and the third also, (M,) signify the lodging-place, or nightly resting-place, of sheep or goats, (AZ, T, S, M,) and of oxen, or bulls and cows; (M;) and the last is app. formed by permutation from the first. (M.) ― -b2- Also A combination of two or three trees, upon which is thrown a piece of cloth, used for shade, or shelter from the sun. (IAar, M. [And in like manner ثَأْيَةٌ is explained in the T, in art. ثأى.]) ― -b3- Also, (AZ, T, S, M,) and ↓ ثَوِيَّةٌ, (M,) Stones elevated for a sign of the way to direct the pastor when he returns by night: (AZ, T, S, M:) and the former, or latter, (M,) or both, and ↓ ثُوَّةٌ, (K,) with damm, (TA, [in the CK ثَوَّة,]) the lowest sign of the way, of the height of a man in a sitting posture. (M, K.) ― -b4- Also The part which is the place of stabbing of a slaughtered camel. (TA.) ― -b5- The pl. of ثاية is ↓ ثَاىٌ: (Lh, M:) [or rather the latter is a coll. gen. n., of which the former is the n. un.]

: see art. ثو: and see ثَايَةٌ in the present art., above.

A guest: (IAar, T, S, M, K:) the vulgar erroneously pronounce it تِوِىٌّ. (TA. [See also مَثْوًى.]) ― -b2- Remaining, staying, dwelling, or abiding; as also تَوِىٌّ; but the former is better known in this sense. (M in art. توى.) ― -b3- One who abides (مُجَاوِرٌ [generally meaning for the purpose of study]) in either of the two sacred cities or territories [of Mekkeh and El-Medeeneh]. (IAar, T, K.) ― -b4- One who is very patient in military and predatory expeditions, who is detained in the territory of the enemy, or on the frontier of the enemies' country. (IAar, T.) ― -b5- A captive. (Th, M, K.) -A2- A chamber, or house, or tent, prepared for a guest: (T, M, K:) and, (M,) accord. to Lth, (T,) a chamber within a chamber. (T, M.)

: see art. ثو. -A2- Also an inf. n. of 1. (S &c.)

: see ثَايَةٌ, above, in two places. -A2- Also A woman (K, TA) to whom one betakes himself to remain, stay, dwell, or abide, with her (يُثْوَى إِلَيْهَا). (TA.)