ظى2 ظَيَّيْتُ ظَآءً حَسَنَةً and I made [or wrote] a beautiful ظ. (M, * TA.) ظَآءٌ, also pronounced ظَا, (TA,) A letter peculiar to the Arabic language [i. e. the letter ظ]: (Kh, T, TA, &c.:) masc. and fem.: as masc., its pl. is أَظْوَآءٌ; and as fem., ظَاآتٌ. (TA. [See art. ظ.])
 Quasi ظير ظِيرٌ, for ظِئْرٌ: see the latter, in art. ظأر.