سواء

See also: سوآء

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
س و ي (s w y)
18 terms

Noun

سَوَاء • (sawāʔ) m

  1. equal
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:136:
      قَالُوا۟ سَوَاۤءٌ عَلَیۡنَاۤ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَ ٰ⁠عِظِینَ
      qālū sawāʔun ʕalaynā ʔawaʕaẓta ʔam lam takun mina l-wāʕiẓīna
      They said, “It is all the same to us whether you warned us or not."
Declension
Declension of noun سَوَاء (sawāʔ)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سَوَاء
sawāʔ 		السَّوَاء
as-sawāʔ 		سَوَاء
sawāʔ
nominative سَوَاءٌ
sawāʔun 		السَّوَاءُ
as-sawāʔu 		سَوَاءُ
sawāʔu
accusative سَوَاءً
sawāʔan 		السَّوَاءَ
as-sawāʔa 		سَوَاءَ
sawāʔa
genitive سَوَاءٍ
sawāʔin 		السَّوَاءِ
as-sawāʔi 		سَوَاءِ
sawāʔi
Descendants
  • Maltese: sewwa
  • → Swahili: sawa
  • → Tigre: ሰውኣ (säwʾa)

Adverb

سَوَاءً • (sawāʔan)

  1. equally, likewise

Etymology 2

Root
س و ء (s w ʔ)
10 terms

Noun

سَوَاء • (sawāʔ) m

  1. verbal noun of سَاءَ (sāʔa) (form I)
Declension
Declension of noun سَوَاء (sawāʔ)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سَوَاء
sawāʔ 		السَّوَاء
as-sawāʔ 		سَوَاء
sawāʔ
nominative سَوَاءٌ
sawāʔun 		السَّوَاءُ
as-sawāʔu 		سَوَاءُ
sawāʔu
accusative سَوَاءً
sawāʔan 		السَّوَاءَ
as-sawāʔa 		سَوَاءَ
sawāʔa
genitive سَوَاءٍ
sawāʔin 		السَّوَاءِ
as-sawāʔi 		سَوَاءِ
sawāʔi

References

  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “سواء”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 453
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