سوى

See also: شوی, سوي, and س و ي

Arabic

Root
س و ي (s-w-y)

Pronunciation

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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

Conjugation of

سَوَّى

(form-II final-weak)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَسْوِيَة taswiya
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُسَوٍّ musawwin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُسَوًّى musawwan
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	سَوَّيْتُ sawwaytu	سَوَّيْتَ sawwayta	سَوَّى sawwā		سَوَّيْتُمَا sawwaytumā	سَوَّيَا sawwayā		سَوَّيْنَا sawwaynā	سَوَّيْتُمْ sawwaytum	سَوَّوْا sawwaw
	f		سَوَّيْتِ sawwayti	سَوَّتْ sawwat			سَوَّتَا sawwatā			سَوَّيْتُنَّ sawwaytunna	سَوَّيْنَ sawwayna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُسَوِّي ʔusawwī	تُسَوِّي tusawwī	يُسَوِّي yusawwī		تُسَوِّيَانِ tusawwiyāni	يُسَوِّيَانِ yusawwiyāni		نُسَوِّي nusawwī	تُسَوُّونَ tusawwūna	يُسَوُّونَ yusawwūna
	f		تُسَوِّينَ tusawwīna	تُسَوِّي tusawwī			تُسَوِّيَانِ tusawwiyāni			تُسَوِّينَ tusawwīna	يُسَوِّينَ yusawwīna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُسَوِّيَ ʔusawwiya	تُسَوِّيَ tusawwiya	يُسَوِّيَ yusawwiya		تُسَوِّيَا tusawwiyā	يُسَوِّيَا yusawwiyā		نُسَوِّيَ nusawwiya	تُسَوُّوا tusawwū	يُسَوُّوا yusawwū
	f		تُسَوِّي tusawwī	تُسَوِّيَ tusawwiya			تُسَوِّيَا tusawwiyā			تُسَوِّينَ tusawwīna	يُسَوِّينَ yusawwīna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُسَوِّ ʔusawwi	تُسَوِّ tusawwi	يُسَوِّ yusawwi		تُسَوِّيَا tusawwiyā	يُسَوِّيَا yusawwiyā		نُسَوِّ nusawwi	تُسَوُّوا tusawwū	يُسَوُّوا yusawwū
	f		تُسَوِّي tusawwī	تُسَوِّ tusawwi			تُسَوِّيَا tusawwiyā			تُسَوِّينَ tusawwīna	يُسَوِّينَ yusawwīna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		سَوِّ sawwi			سَوِّيَا sawwiyā				سَوُّوا sawwū
	f		سَوِّي sawwī							سَوِّينَ sawwīna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	سُوِّيتُ suwwītu	سُوِّيتَ suwwīta	سُوِّيَ suwwiya		سُوِّيتُمَا suwwītumā	سُوِّيَا suwwiyā		سُوِّينَا suwwīnā	سُوِّيتُمْ suwwītum	سُوُّوا suwwū
	f		سُوِّيتِ suwwīti	سُوِّيَتْ suwwiyat			سُوِّيَتَا suwwiyatā			سُوِّيتُنَّ suwwītunna	سُوِّينَ suwwīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُسَوَّى ʔusawwā	تُسَوَّى tusawwā	يُسَوَّى yusawwā		تُسَوَّيَانِ tusawwayāni	يُسَوَّيَانِ yusawwayāni		نُسَوَّى nusawwā	تُسَوَّوْنَ tusawwawna	يُسَوَّوْنَ yusawwawna
	f		تُسَوَّيْنَ tusawwayna	تُسَوَّى tusawwā			تُسَوَّيَانِ tusawwayāni			تُسَوَّيْنَ tusawwayna	يُسَوَّيْنَ yusawwayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُسَوَّى ʔusawwā	تُسَوَّى tusawwā	يُسَوَّى yusawwā		تُسَوَّيَا tusawwayā	يُسَوَّيَا yusawwayā		نُسَوَّى nusawwā	تُسَوَّوْا tusawwaw	يُسَوَّوْا yusawwaw
	f		تُسَوَّيْ tusawway	تُسَوَّى tusawwā			تُسَوَّيَا tusawwayā			تُسَوَّيْنَ tusawwayna	يُسَوَّيْنَ yusawwayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُسَوَّ ʔusawwa	تُسَوَّ tusawwa	يُسَوَّ yusawwa		تُسَوَّيَا tusawwayā	يُسَوَّيَا yusawwayā		نُسَوَّ nusawwa	تُسَوَّوْا tusawwaw	يُسَوَّوْا yusawwaw
	f		تُسَوَّيْ tusawway	تُسَوَّ tusawwa			تُسَوَّيَا tusawwayā			تُسَوَّيْنَ tusawwayna	يُسَوَّيْنَ yusawwayna

Synonyms

• (to equalize, to settle (a dispute)): سَاوَى (sāwā)

Descendants

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

Noun

سِوًى • (siwan) m

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 [Ibn al-Tilmīḏ], 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

Declension of noun سِوًى (siwan)

Singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِوَى siwā	السِّوَى as-siwā	سِوَى siwā
Nominative	سِوًى siwan	السِّوَى as-siwā	سِوَى siwā
Accusative	سِوًى siwan	السِّوَى as-siwā	سِوَى siwā
Genitive	سِوًى siwan	السِّوَى as-siwā	سِوَى siwā

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

• IPA^(key): /saw.wa/

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

• ساوى (sāwa, Galilee)

Etymology

From Arabic سَوَّى (sawwā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saw.wa/, [ˈsaw.wa]

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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)