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س-و-س

The Arabic root س-و-س (s-w-s)

Form I verb سَاسَ: to direct

11 words in the dictionary are built from س-و-س, including verbs in Forms I, II, V. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Noun
administration
Adjective
political
Noun
politician
Verb · Form I
سَاسَ
to direct
Verb · Form I
سَوِسَ
to be gnawed
Verb · Form II
سَوَّسَ
to let govern

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

سَاسَ · present يَسُوسُ
Form I · The plain action

to direct, to govern, to rule, to manipulate, to groom, to manage, to cox, to steer

Verbal noun
administration
سَائِس
Active participle
stableman
مَسُوس
Passive participle
سَوِسَ · present يَسْوَسُ
Form I · The plain action

to be gnawed, to be eaten away, to be rotten (especially by moth-worms or weevils)

سَوَس
Verbal noun
أَسْوَس
Active participle
سَوَّسَ · present يُسَوِّسُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to give someone regimen over, to let govern

تَسْوِيس
Verbal noun
مُسَوِّس
Active participle
مُسَوَّس
Passive participle
تَسَوَّسَ · present يَتَسَوَّسُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to be affected by worms, to be affected by mite; to be rotten, to be decayed

تَسَوُّس
Verbal noun
caries
مُتَسَوِّس
Active participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Adjective
political
Noun
politician
مُعْتَقَل سِيَاسِيّ
Noun
political prisoner
سَجِين سِيَاسِيّ
Noun
political prisoner

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