سوى

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See also: شوی, سوي, and س و ي

Arabic

Root
س و ي (s-w-y)

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

سَوَّى (sawwā) II, non-past يُسَوِّي‎ (yusawwī)

  1. to equalize
  2. to smooth
  3. to straighten, to make even
  4. to settle (a dispute)
  5. to reconcile (بَيْنَ (bayna))
  6. to regularize

Conjugation

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: سَوَّى (səwwə, to make, to do)
  • Hijazi Arabic: سَوَّى (sawwa, to make, to do)
  • South Levantine Arabic: سوّى (sawwa, to make, to do)

Noun

سِوًى (siwanm

  1. verbal noun of سَوِيَ (sawiya) (form I)
  2. used in the construct state in ways which are translated into Standard Average European languages as prepositions like except, but, short of; of very frequent occurrence (followed by genitive)
    لَا أُحِبُّ سِوَى تِلْكَ الْمَرْأَةِ.
    lā ʔuḥibbu siwā tilka l-marʔati.
    I love no one but that woman.
    مَن سَيَفْتَدِي طُهْرَ الْعِرَاقِ سِوَانَا؟
    man sayaftadī ṭuhra l-ʕirāqi siwānā?
    Who will save the purity of the Iraq if not us?
    • a. 1165, ابن التلميذ , edited by Oliver Kahl, The Dispensatory of Ibn At-Tilmīḏ الأقراباذين الكبير (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 70), Leiden: Brill, published 2007, →ISBN, page 71 Nr. 79:
      سفوف لأصحاب السعال مع خلفة
      شاه بلوط وقشور اللوز الأحمر الرقيق وخروب شامي وخرنوب نبطي وطين أرمني مغسول وصمغ عربي ونشاء وبزر بقلة وخشخاش يحمص سوى الطين ويستعمل
      A powder for those who suffer from the cough in conjunction with diarrhoea
      Sweet chestnut, the peels of dainty reddish almonds, Syrian carob, Nabataean carob, washed Armenian bole, gum-arabic, starch, purslane seeds, and poppy. (This) is roasted except the bole, and used.

Declension

    Inflected forms
Base form سِوَا (siwā)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person سِوَايَ (siwāya) سِوَانَا (siwānā)
Second person سِوَاكَ (siwāka) سِوَاكِ (siwāki) سِوَاكُمَا (siwākumā) سِوَاكُمْ (siwākum) سِوَاكُنَّ (siwākunna)
Third person سِوَاهُ (siwāhu) سِوَاهَا (siwāhā) سِوَاهُمَا (siwāhumā) سِوَاهُمْ (siwāhum) سِوَاهُنَّ (siwāhunna)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
س و ي
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَوَّى (sawwā).

Pronunciation

Verb

سوى (sawwa) II (non-past يِسَوِّي (yisawwi))

  1. to do, to make
    Synonym: (rare) عمل (ʕimil)
    إيش سوَّى؟ʔēš sawwa?what did he do?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of سوى (sawwa)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سويت (sawwēt) سويت (sawwēt) سوى (sawwa) سوينا (sawwēna) سويتوا (sawwētu) سوا (sawwu)
f سويتي (sawwēti) سوت (sawwat)
non-past m أسوي (ʔasawwi) تسوي (tisawwi) يسوي (yisawwi) نسوي (nisawwi) تسووا (tisawwu) يسووا (yisawwu)
f تسوي (tisawwi) تسوي (tisawwi)
imperative m سوي (sawwi) سووا (sawwu)
f سوي (sawwi)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س و ي
5 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic سَوَّى (sawwā).

Pronunciation

Verb

سوّى (sawwa) II (present بسوّي (bisawwi))

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of سوّى (sawwa)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سوّيت (sawwēt) سوّيت (sawwēt) سوّى (sawwa) سوّينا (sawwēna) سوّيتو (sawwētu) سوّو (sawwu)
f سوّيتي (sawwēti) سوّت (sawwat)
present m بسوّي (basawwi) بتسوّي (bitsawwi) بسوّي (bisawwi) منسوّي (minsawwi) بتسوّو (bitsawwu) بسوّو (bisawwu)
f بتسوّي (bitsawwi) بتسوّي (bitsawwi)
subjunctive m اسوّي (asawwi) تسوّي (tsawwi) يسوّي (ysawwi) نسوّي (nsawwi) تسوّو (tsawwu) يسوّو (ysawwu)
f تسوّي (tsawwi) تسوّي (tsawwi)
imperative m سوّي (sawwi) سوّو (sawwu)
f سوّي (sawwi)