صوان

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ص و ن (ṣ w n)
5 terms

Noun

صِوَان or صُوَان • (ṣiwān or ṣuwānm (plural أَصْوِنَة (ʔaṣwina))

  1. chest, cupboard, cabinet, drawer (any larger receptacle to store things)
  2. (computing) buffer
Declension
Declension of noun صِوَان (ṣiwān)‎; صُوَان (ṣuwān)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal صِوَان‎; صُوَان
ṣiwān‎; ṣuwān
الصِّوَان‎; الصُّوَان
aṣ-ṣiwān‎; aṣ-ṣuwān
صِوَان‎; صُوَان
ṣiwān‎; ṣuwān
nominative صِوَانٌ‎; صُوَانٌ
ṣiwānun‎; ṣuwānun
الصِّوَانُ‎; الصُّوَانُ
aṣ-ṣiwānu‎; aṣ-ṣuwānu
صِوَانُ‎; صُوَانُ
ṣiwānu‎; ṣuwānu
accusative صِوَانًا‎; صُوَانًا
ṣiwānan‎; ṣuwānan
الصِّوَانَ‎; الصُّوَانَ
aṣ-ṣiwāna‎; aṣ-ṣuwāna
صِوَانَ‎; صُوَانَ
ṣiwāna‎; ṣuwāna
genitive صِوَانٍ‎; صُوَانٍ
ṣiwānin‎; ṣuwānin
الصِّوَانِ‎; الصُّوَانِ
aṣ-ṣiwāni‎; aṣ-ṣuwāni
صِوَانِ‎; صُوَانِ
ṣiwāni‎; ṣuwāni
dual indefinite definite construct
informal صِوَانَيْن‎; صُوَانَيْن
ṣiwānayn‎; ṣuwānayn
الصِّوَانَيْن‎; الصُّوَانَيْن
aṣ-ṣiwānayn‎; aṣ-ṣuwānayn
صِوَانَيْ‎; صُوَانَيْ
ṣiwānay‎; ṣuwānay
nominative صِوَانَانِ‎; صُوَانَانِ
ṣiwānāni‎; ṣuwānāni
الصِّوَانَانِ‎; الصُّوَانَانِ
aṣ-ṣiwānāni‎; aṣ-ṣuwānāni
صِوَانَا‎; صُوَانَا
ṣiwānā‎; ṣuwānā
accusative صِوَانَيْنِ‎; صُوَانَيْنِ
ṣiwānayni‎; ṣuwānayni
الصِّوَانَيْنِ‎; الصُّوَانَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣiwānayni‎; aṣ-ṣuwānayni
صِوَانَيْ‎; صُوَانَيْ
ṣiwānay‎; ṣuwānay
genitive صِوَانَيْنِ‎; صُوَانَيْنِ
ṣiwānayni‎; ṣuwānayni
الصِّوَانَيْنِ‎; الصُّوَانَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣiwānayni‎; aṣ-ṣuwānayni
صِوَانَيْ‎; صُوَانَيْ
ṣiwānay‎; ṣuwānay
plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal أَصْوِنَة
ʔaṣwina
الْأَصْوِنَة
al-ʔaṣwina
أَصْوِنَة
ʔaṣwinat
nominative أَصْوِنَةٌ
ʔaṣwinatun
الْأَصْوِنَةُ
al-ʔaṣwinatu
أَصْوِنَةُ
ʔaṣwinatu
accusative أَصْوِنَةً
ʔaṣwinatan
الْأَصْوِنَةَ
al-ʔaṣwinata
أَصْوِنَةَ
ʔaṣwinata
genitive أَصْوِنَةٍ
ʔaṣwinatin
الْأَصْوِنَةِ
al-ʔaṣwinati
أَصْوِنَةِ
ʔaṣwinati

Etymology 2

From the giant quarries of أُمّ الْصَوَّان (ʔumm al-ṣawwān) near أَسْوَان (ʔaswān), from Coptic ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan), from Egyptian swnw,




Noun

صَوَّان • (ṣawwānm (collective, singulative صَوَّانَة f (ṣawwāna))

  1. granite
  2. flint
Declension
Declension of noun صَوَّان (ṣawwān)
collective basic collective triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal صَوَّان
ṣawwān
الصَّوَّان
aṣ-ṣawwān
صَوَّان
ṣawwān
nominative صَوَّانٌ
ṣawwānun
الصَّوَّانُ
aṣ-ṣawwānu
صَوَّانُ
ṣawwānu
accusative صَوَّانًا
ṣawwānan
الصَّوَّانَ
aṣ-ṣawwāna
صَوَّانَ
ṣawwāna
genitive صَوَّانٍ
ṣawwānin
الصَّوَّانِ
aṣ-ṣawwāni
صَوَّانِ
ṣawwāni
singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal صَوَّانَة
ṣawwāna
الصَّوَّانَة
aṣ-ṣawwāna
صَوَّانَة
ṣawwānat
nominative صَوَّانَةٌ
ṣawwānatun
الصَّوَّانَةُ
aṣ-ṣawwānatu
صَوَّانَةُ
ṣawwānatu
accusative صَوَّانَةً
ṣawwānatan
الصَّوَّانَةَ
aṣ-ṣawwānata
صَوَّانَةَ
ṣawwānata
genitive صَوَّانَةٍ
ṣawwānatin
الصَّوَّانَةِ
aṣ-ṣawwānati
صَوَّانَةِ
ṣawwānati
dual indefinite definite construct
informal صَوَّانَتَيْن
ṣawwānatayn
الصَّوَّانَتَيْن
aṣ-ṣawwānatayn
صَوَّانَتَيْ
ṣawwānatay
nominative صَوَّانَتَانِ
ṣawwānatāni
الصَّوَّانَتَانِ
aṣ-ṣawwānatāni
صَوَّانَتَا
ṣawwānatā
accusative صَوَّانَتَيْنِ
ṣawwānatayni
الصَّوَّانَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣawwānatayni
صَوَّانَتَيْ
ṣawwānatay
genitive صَوَّانَتَيْنِ
ṣawwānatayni
الصَّوَّانَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣawwānatayni
صَوَّانَتَيْ
ṣawwānatay
paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
indefinite definite construct
informal صَوَّانَات
ṣawwānāt
الصَّوَّانَات
aṣ-ṣawwānāt
صَوَّانَات
ṣawwānāt
nominative صَوَّانَاتٌ
ṣawwānātun
الصَّوَّانَاتُ
aṣ-ṣawwānātu
صَوَّانَاتُ
ṣawwānātu
accusative صَوَّانَاتٍ
ṣawwānātin
الصَّوَّانَاتِ
aṣ-ṣawwānāti
صَوَّانَاتِ
ṣawwānāti
genitive صَوَّانَاتٍ
ṣawwānātin
الصَّوَّانَاتِ
aṣ-ṣawwānāti
صَوَّانَاتِ
ṣawwānāti

Further reading

  • Aston, Barbara G., Harrell, James A., Shaw, Ian (2000) “2. Stone”, in Paul T. Nicholson, Ian Shaw, editors, Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 5 seqq.
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “صوان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 855
  • Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “صوان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1750–1751.
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صوان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 736