صواب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص و ب (ṣ-w-b), see also صَوَّبَ (ṣawwaba).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˤa.waːb/

Noun

صَوَاب • (ṣawāb) m

correctness, right
Antonym: خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ)
accuracy, rightness, truth
- 1946, Ahmed Shawqi, سلو قلبي [Ask my heart]:
  سَلُوا قَلْبِي غَدَاةَ سَلَا وَثَابَا
  لَعَلَّ عَلَى ٱلْجَمَالِ لَهُ عِتَابًا
  وَيُسْأَلُ فِي ٱلْحَوَادِثِ ذُو صَوَابٍ
  فَهَلْ تَرَكَ ٱلْجَمَالُ لَهُ صَوَابًا
  salū qalbī ḡadāta salā waṯābā
  laʕalla ʕalā l-jamāli lahu ʕitāban
  wayusʔalu fī l-ḥawādiṯi ḏū ṣawābin
  fahal taraka l-jamālu lahu ṣawāban
  Ask my heart the early morning it forgets and returns to its previous state
  Perhaps towards the beautiful one it has some reproach
  Only wise people are supposed to be asked
  Did the beauty leave any wisdom to it
reason, consciousness, sanity

Declension

Declension of noun صَوَاب (ṣawāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوَاب ṣawāb	الصَّوَاب aṣ-ṣawāb	صَوَاب ṣawāb
Nominative	صَوَابٌ ṣawābun	الصَّوَابُ aṣ-ṣawābu	صَوَابُ ṣawābu
Accusative	صَوَابًا ṣawāban	الصَّوَابَ aṣ-ṣawāba	صَوَابَ ṣawāba
Genitive	صَوَابٍ ṣawābin	الصَّوَابِ aṣ-ṣawābi	صَوَابِ ṣawābi

Adjective

صَوَاب • (ṣawāb)

right, correct
Antonym: خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ)
just

Declension

Declension of adjective صَوَاب (ṣawāb)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَوَاب ṣawāb	الصَّوَاب aṣ-ṣawāb	صَوَاب ṣawāb	الصَّوَاب aṣ-ṣawāb
Nominative	صَوَابٌ ṣawābun	الصَّوَابُ aṣ-ṣawābu	صَوَابٌ ṣawābun	الصَّوَابُ aṣ-ṣawābu
Accusative	صَوَابًا ṣawāban	الصَّوَابَ aṣ-ṣawāba	صَوَابًا ṣawāban	الصَّوَابَ aṣ-ṣawāba
Genitive	صَوَابٍ ṣawābin	الصَّوَابِ aṣ-ṣawābi	صَوَابٍ ṣawābin	الصَّوَابِ aṣ-ṣawābi
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَوَاب ṣawāb	الصَّوَاب aṣ-ṣawāb	صَوَاب ṣawāb	الصَّوَاب aṣ-ṣawāb
Nominative	صَوَابٌ ṣawābun	الصَّوَابُ aṣ-ṣawābu	صَوَابٌ ṣawābun	الصَّوَابُ aṣ-ṣawābu
Accusative	صَوَابًا ṣawāban	الصَّوَابَ aṣ-ṣawāba	صَوَابًا ṣawāban	الصَّوَابَ aṣ-ṣawāba
Genitive	صَوَابٍ ṣawābin	الصَّوَابِ aṣ-ṣawābi	صَوَابٍ ṣawābin	الصَّوَابِ aṣ-ṣawābi
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَوَاب ṣawāb	الصَّوَاب aṣ-ṣawāb	صَوَاب ṣawāb	الصَّوَاب aṣ-ṣawāb
Nominative	صَوَابٌ ṣawābun	الصَّوَابُ aṣ-ṣawābu	صَوَابٌ ṣawābun	الصَّوَابُ aṣ-ṣawābu
Accusative	صَوَابًا ṣawāban	الصَّوَابَ aṣ-ṣawāba	صَوَابًا ṣawāban	الصَّوَابَ aṣ-ṣawāba
Genitive	صَوَابٍ ṣawābin	الصَّوَابِ aṣ-ṣawābi	صَوَابٍ ṣawābin	الصَّوَابِ aṣ-ṣawābi

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “صواب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Lane, Edward William (1863) “صواب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
Arts, Tressy (2014) Oxford Arabic Dictionary‎, 2014 edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Solotareff, Gregoire (2014) “صواب”, in Langenscheidt Universal-Wörterbuch Arabisch, 2014 edition, München: Langenscheidt, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَوَاب (ṣawāb, “correctness”).

Noun

صواب • (savab)

correctness, the right or correct thing to do
Antonym: خطا (hata)

Descendants

Turkish: savab

صواب

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Arabic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Adjective

Declension

References

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Etymology

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