دَوِىٌّ
1.
: A sound: (M:) or a confused and continued sound (حَفِيفٌ); as [the rustling, or murmuring,] of the wind; and [the rustling] of a bird; and [the humming, or buzzing,] of bees: (S, K:) and the distant sound of rain and of thunder: (T:) or, as some say, particularly the [rumbling] sound of thunder: (M:) [and a ringing in the
ears; as in the saying] خَلَا بَطْنِىمِنَ الطَّعَامِ
حَتَّىسَمِعْتُ دِوَيًّا لِمَسَامِعِى [My belly became empty of food so that I heard a ringing in my ears]. (T.)
2.
[It is also an epithet; whence] أَرْضٌ دَوِّيَةٌ: see دَوٍ, last sentence.