سِهْوَاءٌ

, (IAar, JK, S, TA,) like سِعْوَاءٌ and تِهْوَاءٌ, all with kesr, on the authority of IAar, but in the K ↓ سَهْوَاء, (TA,) A [portion, or short portion, such as is termed] سَاعَة, of the night; (S, K, TA;) and (S, TA) the first part thereof: (JK, S, TA:) or it may be like ↓ سَهْوَان, [which is apparently in this case with tenween, and] which seems to mean a period in which people are unmindful of the places, or ways, in which things are, or should be, sought by them; or سهوان may be from سَاهِيَةٌ, explained below: and مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ↓ سِهْوٌ signifies the same as سِعْو and سَعْو [and سِهْوَاء] and سِعْوَاء. (Ham p. 708.) One says, لَقِيتُهُ بَعْدَ سِهْوَاءٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ i. e. [I met him after a portion, or short portion, of the night; or] after the first part of the night had passed. (JK.)