سيئ

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See also: سيٍّي

Arabic

Root
س و ء (s w ʔ)
8 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saj.jiʔ/
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Adjective

سَيِّئ (sayyiʔ) (feminine سَيِّئَة (sayyiʔa), masculine plural سَيِّئُون (sayyiʔūn), feminine plural سَيِّئَات (sayyiʔāt), elative أَسْوَأ (ʔaswaʔ))

  1. bad, evil
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 35:43:
      وَلَا يَحِيقُ ٱلْمَكْرُ ٱلسَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهْلِهِ
      walā yaḥīqu l-makru s-sayyiʔu ʔillā biʔahlihi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. abominable
  3. foul
  4. unseemly, unsightly, ugly

Declension

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