ضوى1 ضَوِىَ, aor. ـْ inf. n. ضَوًى, He (a child, Msb) was, or became, lean, or emaciated, (S, Msb, K,) and small in body: (Msb:) or slender in the bones, and spare of body, naturally. (M, K.) [See also 4.]A2:  ضَوَى إِلَيْهِ, (S, M, K,) aor. ـْ (S, K,) inf. n. ضُوِىٌّ (S, M, K) and ضَىٌّ, (M, K,) He adjoined himself, got him or got himself, betook him or betook himself, repaired, or resorted, to him; syn. اِنْضَمَّ; (S, M, K;) as also ↓ انضوى; (Har p. 73;) and he had recourse, or betook himself, to him for protection, or refuge. (S, * M, K.) b2:  And ضَوَى إِلَىَّ مِنْهُ خَيْرٌ, inf. n. ضَىٌّ and ضُوِىٌّ, i. q. سَالَ [i. e. Bounty flowed to me from him]: (M, TA:) accord. to the copies of the K, ضوى الى خَبَرِهِ سأل; which is wrong. (TA. [In my MS. copy of the K, الى خَيْره سَألَ.]) b3:  And ضَوَى signifies also It came by night: (M, K:) you say, ضَوَى إِلَيْنَا خَبَرُهُ The news, or tidings, of him, or it, came to us by night. (M, TA.) A3: ضُوِىَ, said of a camel, He was, or became, affected with the tumours termed ضَوًى, (Lth, TA,) or with what is termed ضَوَاةٌ [q. v.]. (M.) 4 اضوى He (a man, TA) was, or became, slender (K, TA) in his body. (TA. [See also ضَوِىَ.]) And اضوى القَوْمُ The people's cattle  became lean, or emaciated; like اصوى القوم. (IKtt, TA in art. صوى.) b2:  And He (a man) had offspring such as is termed ضَاوِىّ born to him: and in like manner اضوت is said of a woman [as meaning she brought forth such offspring]; (M;) or she brought forth a boy such as is so termed. (K.) اِغْتَرِبُوا وَلَا تُضْوُوا, (S, M, Msb,) occurring in a trad., (S,) means Marry ye among women that are remote in respect of relationship, (S, M, Msb, *) and not among the relations of your paternal uncles, (S,) or and not among your near relations, lest your offspring be such as is termed ضَاوِىّ: (M, Msb:) for the Arabs assert that a man's offspring from his near relation is meagre, though generous, of the nature of his people. (S, Msb.) A2:  اضواهُ He rendered it weak. (S, Msb, K *) You say, اضوى الأَمْرَ (tropical:)  He rendered the affair weak; (S, TA;) did not render it firm, or sound; or did not perform it in a firm, or sound, manner. (S, K, TA.) b2:  And اضواهُ حَقَّهُ (assumed tropical:)  He curtailed him, or defrauded him, of his right, or due. (IAar, M, K. *) A3:  اضواهُ اللَّيْلُ إِلَيْهِ The night made him to have recourse, or to betake himself, to him for protection, or refuge. (TA.) 7 إِنْضَوَىَ see 1, second sentence.ضَوًى inf. n. of ضَوِىَ [q. v.]. (S, M, &c.) A2: See also the next paragraph.ضَوَاةٌ [mentioned in the TA as from the K, but not in the CK, and in my MS. copy of the K inserted in the margin,] A ganglion (غُدَدَةٌ, M, or غُدَّةٌ, K, TA) beneath the lobe of the ear, above the نَكَفَة [q. v.]: (M, K, TA:) or, accord. to Az, [a thing] resembling a غُدَّة. (TA.) And A tumour occurring in the fauces of camels and other animals: pl. ↓ ضَوًى: (M:) or this latter [is properly termed a coll. gen. n., of which ضَوَاةٌ is the n. un., and] signifies tumours accidental to the camel, in his head, having an overpowering effect upon his eyes, and rendering it difficult to attach to him the [halter called] خِطَام; and sometimes it is in the side of the mouth. (Lth, TA.) And (M, TA) A سِلْعَة [or ganglion] (S, M, TA) in a camel, (S,) or in any part of the body. (M, TA.) b2: Also A certain thing, or small thing, (هَنَةٌ,) that comes forth from the she-camel's vulva before the coming forth of the fœtus. (M, K, TA.) ضَاوٍ: see the next paragraph.A2:  Also Coming by night; syn. طَارِقٌ [which Golius here explains as meaning “ Lucifer,” and supposes to be for ضَاوِئٌ]. (M, K.) ضَاوِىٌّ, (S, M, Msb, K,) of the measure فَاعُولٌ, [originally ضَاوُوىٌ,] (S, Msb,) and ↓ ضَاوٍ, (Msb, TA,) applied to a boy, (S, M, K,) and with ة applied to a girl, (S, Msb, K,) Lean, or emaciated, (S, Msb, K,) and small in body: (Msb:) or slender in the bones, and spare of body, naturally: (M, K:) and likewise applied to any species of animal: (M:) accord. to the T, the offspring of an incestuous union. (TA.) الضَّاوِىُّ, (T, TA,) not without teshdeed, as the text of the K implies it to be, (TA,) was the name of A certain horse, (T, K, TA,) belonging to Ghanee. (T, TA.) b2: Also the former, disordered, or diseased, and near to dying: [so I render حَارِضٌ, q. v.:] and weak; in a bad, or corrupt, state. (TA.) فِيهِ ضَاوِيَّةٌ In him is leanness or emaciation [&c.]: (S:) i. q. ضَوًى [the inf. n. of ضَوِىَ, used as a subst.]. (TA.) مَضْوِىٌّ, applied to a camel, part. n. of ضُوِىَ [q. v.]. (Lth, TA.)