Arabic vocabulary
حَوَىcontained in Arabic
حَوَى is how you say “contained” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
اعلم أن كتاب الحلية قد حوى من الأحاديث والحكايات جملة حسنة
Know that the book 'Adornment' contains a good collection of hadiths and stories.
حَوَى — contained. A past-tense verb, 'it contained / gathered', with its subject 'it' built in. The emphasis word before it frames the containing as an established fact about the book.
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