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سَاوَى

to equal

VerbForm IIIRoot س-و-ي

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Present tense
يُسَاوِي
Verbal noun
مُسَاوَاة
Active participle
مُسَاوٍ
Passive participle
مُسَاوًى

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form II
سَوَّى
to equalize
Noun
مُسْتَوًى
level
Adjective
سَوِيّ
equal
Noun
سِوًى
but
Verb · Form I
سَوِيَ
to equal
Adjective
مُسْتَوٍ
equable

سَاوَى in English

Verb · Form III

  1. to equal
    أَرْبَعَةٌ فِي خَمْسَةٍ يُسَاوِي عِشْرِينَFour times five equals twenty.
  2. to equalize (بَيْنَ (bayna) between something وَ (wa) and something)
  3. to institute parity (بَيْنَ (bayna) between something وَ (wa) and something)
  4. to be worth
  5. to cost

Word origin

Compare Hebrew שָׁוָה (shâvâh, “to be even, to be equal, to resemble”).

Words from the root س-و-ي

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سَوِيَ · present يَسْوَى
Form I · The plain action

to equal

سِوًى
Verbal noun
but
سَوِيّ
Active participle · Adjective
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 · Adjective
equal
مُسَاوًى
Passive participle
تَسَاوَى · present يَتَسَاوَى
Form VI · Mutual action

to be equal; to be balanced

تَسَاوٍ
Verbal noun
مُتَسَاوٍ
Active participle · Adjective
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 · Adjective
equable
مُسْتَوًى
Passive participle
level
سَوِيَّة
Noun · f.
level
سَوَاء
Noun · m.
equal
سَوَاءً
Adverb
equally
أَسْوَى
Adjective
elative degree of سَوِيّ
سِي
Noun · m.
si
سِيّ
Noun · m.
something similar
وَلَا سِيَّمَا
Adverb
especially

سَاوَى conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iسَاوَيْتُأُسَاوِيأُسَاوِيَأُسَاوِ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)سَاوَيْتَتُسَاوِيتُسَاوِيَتُسَاوِسَاوِ
أَنْتِ you (f.)سَاوَيْتِتُسَاوِينَتُسَاوِيتُسَاوِيسَاوِي
هُوَ heسَاوَىيُسَاوِييُسَاوِيَيُسَاوِ—
هِيَ sheسَاوَتْتُسَاوِيتُسَاوِيَتُسَاوِ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoسَاوَيْتُمَاتُسَاوِيَانِتُسَاوِيَاتُسَاوِيَاسَاوِيَا
هُمَا they two (m.)سَاوَيَايُسَاوِيَانِيُسَاوِيَايُسَاوِيَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)سَاوَتَاتُسَاوِيَانِتُسَاوِيَاتُسَاوِيَا—
نَحْنُ weسَاوَيْنَانُسَاوِينُسَاوِيَنُسَاوِ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)سَاوَيْتُمْتُسَاوُونَتُسَاوُواتُسَاوُواسَاوُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)سَاوَيْتُنَّتُسَاوِينَتُسَاوِينَتُسَاوِينَسَاوِينَ
هُمْ they (m.)سَاوَوْايُسَاوُونَيُسَاوُوايُسَاوُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)سَاوَيْنَيُسَاوِينَيُسَاوِينَيُسَاوِينَ—
Verbal nounمُسَاوَاة
Active participleمُسَاوٍ
Passive participleمُسَاوًى

سَاوَى in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to equal

أَرْبَعَةٌ فِي خَمْسَةٍ يُسَاوِي عِشْرِينَFour times five equals twenty.

From a fully vowelled text

قَائِلِينَ: هؤُلاَءِ الآخِرُونَ عَمِلُوا سَاعَةً وَاحِدَةً، وَقَدْ سَاوَيْتَهُمْ بِنَا نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ احْتَمَلْنَا ثِقَلَ النَّهَارِ وَالْحَرَّ!Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.Matthew 20:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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