الهَوَى
1.
Love, and attachment: then, inclination of the soul, or mind, to a thing: then, blameable inclination; as when one says, اِتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ [He followed his evil inclination]; and هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ
الأَهْوَاءِ [see below]. (Msb.) See also حُبٌّ.
2.
هَوًى Also signifies Beloved [or an object of love]. (K, Ham, p. 546.) [Being originally a verbal noun, it may be used alike as singular and plural See an example in a verse cited in the first paragraph of article زين: and see an example voce شَكْلٌ.
3.
الهَوَى
The inclination of the soul to that in which the animal appetites take delight, without any lawful invitation thereto; (KT;) [natural desire:] love, and desire; generally, such as is not praiseworthy: (Mgh:) I render it, love, or desirous love.
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[Its plural] أَهْوَاءٌ also signifies Opinions declining, or swerving, from the right way, or from the truth. (Bd, ii. 114.) [Hence,] أَهْلُ الأَهْوَاءِ [The people of erroneous opinions]. (T, in article سمع; &c.)