ح • و • أ

The name of the letter ح, q. v.; as also حَا: (S and K and TA in باب الالف اللّينة:) it is called حا in a case of pause, and حَاءٌ when made a noun: and when it is not called a letter, [i. e. when one does not prefix to it the word حَرْف,] it is [properly] fem.: its dim. is حُيَيَّةٌ, meaning a ح written small, or indistinct: (Lth, TA ubi suprà:) and its pl. is أَحْوَاءٌ and أَحْيَاءٌ and حَااتٌ. (TA ubi suprà.)

and حَاوِىٌّ and حَوِىٌّ [a mistranscription for حَيَوِىٌّ, like بَيَوِىٌّ and تَيَوِىٌّ,] rel. ns. of حَاءٌ and حَا the names of the letter ح. (B, TA ubi suprà.)