voting
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Plural
أَصْوَات
Most common words from the same root
Verb · Form II
صَوَّتَ
to make a sound
صَوْت in English
Noun · masculine
- a sound (of a thing, an animal, and so on)
- the sound of human speech or human singing, a voice
- a vote; a ballot
فِي الاِنْتِخَابَاتِ، سَيَقُومُ الْمُوَاطِنُونَ بِإِلْقَاءِ صَوْتِهِمْ لِاخْتِيَارِ الْمُرَشِّحِ الْأَنْسَبِ.In the elections, citizens will cast their ballots to chose the most appropriate candidate.
Word origin
The sense “vote” is probably a loan translation from a European language, most likely French voix, but compare also German Stimme and stimmen, Russian голос (golos) and голосовать (golosovatʹ), etc.
Words from the root ص-و-ت
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صَوَّتَ
· present يُصَوِّتُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to make a sound, to sound; to vote
مُصَوِّت
voter
مُصَوِّت
sonorous
مُصَوَّت
a sound
صَوْتِيَّات
phonetics
صَوْتِيّ
sonant
أَصْوَاتِيّ
acoustic
أَصْوَاتِيّ
phonetician
صَائِت
vowel
صَائِت
sonorous
صَوْت: plural and other forms
| Singular | صَوْت |
|---|---|
| Plural | أَصْوَات |
صَوْت in a sentence
Dictionary examples
a vote
فِي الاِنْتِخَابَاتِ، سَيَقُومُ الْمُوَاطِنُونَ بِإِلْقَاءِ صَوْتِهِمْ لِاخْتِيَارِ الْمُرَشِّحِ الْأَنْسَبِ.In the elections, citizens will cast their ballots to chose the most appropriate candidate.
From a fully vowelled text
صَوْتُ الرَّبِّ يَقْدَحُ لُهُبَ نَارٍ.The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.Psalms 29:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
مِنْ صَوْتِ تَنَهُّدِي لَصِقَ عَظْمِي بِلَحْمِي.By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.Psalms 102:5, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
صَوْتُ حَرْبٍ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَانْحِطَامٌ عَظِيمٌ.A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.Jeremiah 50:22, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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