ساوى

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Arabic

Root
س و ي (s-w-y)

Verb

سَاوَى (sāwā) III, non-past يُسَاوِي‎ (yusāwī)

  1. to equal
  2. to equalize (بَيْنَ (bayna) between something وَ (wa) and something)
  3. to institute parity (بَيْنَ (bayna) between something وَ (wa) and something)
  4. to be worth
  5. to settle (a dispute)
  6. to cost

Conjugation

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References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سوي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سوي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س و ي
5 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic سَاوَى (sāwā).

Pronunciation

Verb

ساوى (sāwa) III (present بساوي (bisāwi))

  1. (regional) to do, to make
    Synonym: عمل (ʕimil)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ساوى (sāwa)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ساويت (sawēt) ساويت (sawēt) ساوى (sāwa) ساوينا (sawēna) ساويتو (sawētu) ساوو (sāwu)
f ساويتي (sawēti) ساوت (sāwat)
present m بساوي (basāwi) بتساوي (bitsāwi) بساوي (bisāwi) منساوي (minsāwi) بتساوو (bitsāwu) بساوو (bisāwu)
f بتساوي (bitsāwi) بتساوي (bitsāwi)
subjunctive m اساوي (asāwi) تساوي (tsāwi) يساوي (ysāwi) نساوي (nsāwi) تساوو (tsāwu) يساوو (ysāwu)
f تساوي (tsāwi) تساوي (tsāwi)
imperative m ساوي (sāwi) ساوو (sāwu)
f ساوي (sāwi)