صواب
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ص و ب (ṣ w b), see also صَوَّبَ (ṣawwaba).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˤa.waːb/
Noun
صَوَاب • (ṣawāb) m
- correctness, right
- Antonym: خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ)
- accuracy, rightness, truth
- 1946, Ahmed Shawqi, سلو قلبي [Ask my heart]:
- سَلُوا قَلْبِي غَدَاةَ سَلَا وَثَابَا
لَعَلَّ عَلَى ٱلْجَمَالِ لَهُ عِتَابًا
وَيُسْأَلُ فِي ٱلْحَوَادِثِ ذُو صَوَابٍ
فَهَلْ تَرَكَ ٱلْجَمَالُ لَهُ صَوَابًا- salū qalbī ḡadāta salā waṯābā
laʕalla ʕalā l-jamāli lahu ʕitāban
wayusʔalu fī l-ḥawādiṯi ḏū ṣawābin
fahal taraka l-jamālu lahu ṣawāban - Ask my heart the early morning it forgets and returns to its previous state
Perhaps towards the beautiful one it has some reproach
Only wise people are supposed to be asked
Did the beauty leave any wisdom to it
- salū qalbī ḡadāta salā waṯābā
- reason, consciousness, sanity
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | صَوَاب ṣawāb |
الصَّوَاب aṣ-ṣawāb |
صَوَاب ṣawāb |
| nominative | صَوَابٌ ṣawābun |
الصَّوَابُ aṣ-ṣawābu |
صَوَابُ ṣawābu |
| accusative | صَوَابًا ṣawāban |
الصَّوَابَ aṣ-ṣawāba |
صَوَابَ ṣawāba |
| genitive | صَوَابٍ ṣawābin |
الصَّوَابِ aṣ-ṣawābi |
صَوَابِ ṣawābi |
Adjective
صَوَاب • (ṣawāb)
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | basic singular triptote | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | صَوَاب ṣawāb |
الصَّوَاب aṣ-ṣawāb |
صَوَاب ṣawāb |
الصَّوَاب aṣ-ṣawāb |
| nominative | صَوَابٌ ṣawābun |
الصَّوَابُ aṣ-ṣawābu |
صَوَابٌ ṣawābun |
الصَّوَابُ aṣ-ṣawābu |
| accusative | صَوَابًا ṣawāban |
الصَّوَابَ aṣ-ṣawāba |
صَوَابًا ṣawāban |
الصَّوَابَ aṣ-ṣawāba |
| genitive | صَوَابٍ ṣawābin |
الصَّوَابِ aṣ-ṣawābi |
صَوَابٍ ṣawābin |
الصَّوَابِ aṣ-ṣawābi |
| dual | masculine | feminine | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | صَوَاب ṣawāb |
الصَّوَاب aṣ-ṣawāb |
صَوَاب ṣawāb |
الصَّوَاب aṣ-ṣawāb |
| nominative | صَوَابٌ ṣawābun |
الصَّوَابُ aṣ-ṣawābu |
صَوَابٌ ṣawābun |
الصَّوَابُ aṣ-ṣawābu |
| accusative | صَوَابًا ṣawāban |
الصَّوَابَ aṣ-ṣawāba |
صَوَابًا ṣawāban |
الصَّوَابَ aṣ-ṣawāba |
| genitive | صَوَابٍ ṣawābin |
الصَّوَابِ aṣ-ṣawābi |
صَوَابٍ ṣawābin |
الصَّوَابِ aṣ-ṣawābi |
| plural | masculine | feminine | ||
| basic broken plural triptote | basic broken plural triptote | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | صَوَاب ṣawāb |
الصَّوَاب aṣ-ṣawāb |
صَوَاب ṣawāb |
الصَّوَاب aṣ-ṣawāb |
| nominative | صَوَابٌ ṣawābun |
الصَّوَابُ aṣ-ṣawābu |
صَوَابٌ ṣawābun |
الصَّوَابُ aṣ-ṣawābu |
| accusative | صَوَابًا ṣawāban |
الصَّوَابَ aṣ-ṣawāba |
صَوَابًا ṣawāban |
الصَّوَابَ aṣ-ṣawāba |
| genitive | صَوَابٍ ṣawābin |
الصَّوَابِ aṣ-ṣawābi |
صَوَابٍ ṣawābin |
الصَّوَابِ aṣ-ṣawābi |
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “صواب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “صواب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
- Arts, Tressy (2014) Oxford Arabic Dictionary[1], 2014 edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Solotareff, Gregoire (2014) “صواب”, in Langenscheidt Universal-Wörterbuch Arabisch, 2014 edition, München: Langenscheidt, →ISBN
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صَوَاب (ṣawāb, “correctness”).
Noun
صواب • (savab)
- correctness, the right or correct thing to do
- Antonym: خطا (hata)
Descendants
- Turkish: savab
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “savab”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4090
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صواب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 770
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “صواب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 2997
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صواب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1189