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س-و-ي

The Arabic root س-و-ي (s-w-y)

Form I verb سَوِيَ: to equal

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

Most common

Verb · Form II
to equalize
Adjective
equal
Verb · Form III
to equal
Noun
but
Verb · Form I
سَوِيَ
to equal
Adjective
مُسْتَوٍ
equable
Adjective
مُتَسَاوٍ
equal

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

سَوِيَ · present يَسْوَى
Form I · The plain action

to equal

Verbal noun
but
Active participle
equal
مَسْوِيّ
Passive participle
سَوَّى · present يُسَوِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive

to equalize; to make even, to straighten; to settle (a dispute)

تَسْوِيَة
Verbal noun
settlement
مُسَوٍّ
Active participle
مُسَوًّى
Passive participle
سَاوَى · present يُسَاوِي
Form III · Done to or with someone

to equal; to equalize (بَيْنَ (bayna) between something وَ (wa) and something); to institute parity (بَيْنَ (bayna) between something وَ (wa) and something)

مُسَاوَاة
Verbal noun
equality
مُسَاوٍ
Active participle
equal
مُسَاوًى
Passive participle
تَسَاوَى · present يَتَسَاوَى
Form VI · Mutual action

to be equal; to be balanced

تَسَاوٍ
Verbal noun
مُتَسَاوٍ
Active participle
equal
اِسْتَوَى · present يَسْتَوِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to be or become equal or equivalent; to be or become equal, uniform, even, level; to be or become flat or level

اِسْتِوَاء
Verbal noun
being equable
مُسْتَوٍ
Active participle
equable
Passive participle
level

Other nouns and adjectives

سَوِيَّة
Noun
level
سَوَاء
Noun
equal
سَوَاءً
Adverb
equally
أَسْوَى
Adjective
elative degree of سَوِيّ
سِي
Noun
si
سِيّ
Noun
something similar
وَلَا سِيَّمَا
Adverb
especially

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