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Arabic
Etymology 1
Noun
سَوَاء • (sawāʔ) m
- 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
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basic singular triptote
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| Indefinite
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Definite
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Construct
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| Informal
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سَوَاء
sawāʔ
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السَّوَاء
as-sawāʔ
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سَوَاء
sawāʔ
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| Nominative
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سَوَاءٌ
sawāʔun
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السَّوَاءُ
as-sawāʔu
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سَوَاءُ
sawāʔu
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| Accusative
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سَوَاءً
sawāʔan
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السَّوَاءَ
as-sawāʔa
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سَوَاءَ
sawāʔa
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| Genitive
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سَوَاءٍ
sawāʔin
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السَّوَاءِ
as-sawāʔi
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سَوَاءِ
sawāʔi
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Descendants
Adverb
سَوَاءً • (sawāʔan)
- equally, likewise
Etymology 2
Noun
سَوَاء • (sawāʔ) m
- verbal noun of سَاءَ (sāʔa) (form I)
Declension
Declension of noun سَوَاء (sawāʔ)
| Singular
|
basic singular triptote
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| Indefinite
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Definite
|
Construct
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| Informal
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سَوَاء
sawāʔ
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السَّوَاء
as-sawāʔ
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سَوَاء
sawāʔ
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| Nominative
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سَوَاءٌ
sawāʔun
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السَّوَاءُ
as-sawāʔu
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سَوَاءُ
sawāʔu
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| Accusative
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سَوَاءً
sawāʔan
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السَّوَاءَ
as-sawāʔa
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سَوَاءَ
sawāʔa
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| Genitive
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سَوَاءٍ
sawāʔin
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السَّوَاءِ
as-sawāʔi
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سَوَاءِ
sawāʔi
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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