ح • و • ض

, (A, K,) aor. يَحُوضُ, inf. n. حَوْضٌ, (TA,) He collected the water: (A, K:) and, as also ↓ حَوَّضَهُ, inf. n. تَحْوِيضٌ, he guarded it, or took care of it: (TA:) and ↓ the latter, he made for it a حَوْض [q. v.], or place in which to collect. (TA.) Also حَاضَ, (S, TA,) or حَاضَ حَوْضًا, (A, K, [unless by this be meant that حَوْضٌ is the inf. n.,]) aor. as above, (S, TA,) and so the inf. n., (S,) He made a حَوْض; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ حوّض, inf. n. as above; (TA;) and ↓ احتاض, inf. n. اِحْتِيَاضٌ. (Th, TA.) You say, لِإِبِلِهِ ↓ حوّض [He made a حَوْض for his camels]: and also حِيَاضًا ↓ تحوّضوا [They made حياض, pl. of حَوْضٌ]. (A.)

It (water) collected, or became collected: (S:) or made for itself a حَوْض. (O, L, K.)

[A watering-trough or tank, for beasts &c., generally constructed of stones cemented and plastered with mud, and made by the mouth of a well; and any similar receptacle for water;] a place in which water collects, or is collected: (Msb, * TA:) accord. to some, from حَاضَتِ المَرْأَةُ; (K, TA;) [see art. حيض;] because the water flows to it; for, says Az, the Arabs put و in the place of ى, and ى in that of و: (TA:) accord. to others, from حَاضَ المَاءَ, explained above: (K, TA:) and ↓ مُحَوَّضٌ signifies the same: (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] of the former, أَحْوَاضٌ and [of mult.] حِيَاضٌ, (S, Msb, K,) originally حِوَاضٌ, (Msb;) and حِيضَانٌ. (TA; and in a copy of the S in the place of حِيَاضٌ, which is the form given in other copies.) حَوْضُ الرَّسُولِ [The pool of the Apostle, meaning Mohammad;] that of which the Apostle's people will be given to drink on the day of resurrection: [or] i. q. الكَوثَرُ, q. v. (TA.) AZ mentions the saying سَقَاكَ اللّٰهُ بِحَوْضِ الرَّسُولِ (A, * TA) and مِنْ حَوْضِهِ (TA) [May God give thee to drink from the pool of the Apostle]. حَوْضُ الحِمَارِ is an expression of revilement, signifying (tropical:) مَهْزُومُ الصَّدْرِ [lit. Depressed in the breast, or bosom; app. meaning narrow-minded; or illiberal; or niggardly]. (Sgh, K.) حَوْضُ المَوْتِ (tropical:) i. q. مُجْتَمَعُهُ [app. meaning The place where death is met; where the draught thereof is drunk]: so termed by way of simile: pl. as above. (TA.) اِنْصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ حَوْضُ الغَمَامِ and حِيَاضُهُ (tropical:) [The reservoir of the clouds, and the reservoirs thereof, poured forth upon them]. (A, TA.) مَلَأَ حَوْضَ أُذُنِهِ بِكَثْرَةِ كَلَامِهِ (tropical:) He filled the concha (صَدَفَة) of his ear with the abundance of his speech. (A, TA.)

A thing like a حَوْض, made to a palmtree, that it may imbibe therefrom; (S, K;) a thing that is made around a tree, in the form of the شَرَبَة, q. v. (M, TA.) See also حَوْضٌ.