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سَوَّى

to equalize

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Also written سوى: سِوًى (but)

Highlights

Present tense
يُسَوِّي
Verbal noun
تَسْوِيَة
Active participle
مُسَوٍّ
Passive participle
مُسَوًّى

Most common words from the same root

Noun
مُسْتَوًى
level
Adjective
سَوِيّ
equal
Verb · Form III
سَاوَى
to equal
Noun
سِوًى
but
Verb · Form I
سَوِيَ
to equal
Adjective
مُسْتَوٍ
equable

سَوَّى in English

Verb · Form II

  1. to equalize
  2. to make even, to straighten
  3. to settle (a dispute)
  4. to smooth
  5. to reconcile (بَيْنَ (bayna))
  6. to regularize
  7. to restore
    أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ (٣) بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِینَ عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّسَوِّیَ بَنَانَهُۥ (٤)3. Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones? 4. Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 75:3-4

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

سَوَّى conjugation

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

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iسَوَّيْتُأُسَوِّيأُسَوِّيَأُسَوِّ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)سَوَّيْتَتُسَوِّيتُسَوِّيَتُسَوِّسَوِّ
أَنْتِ you (f.)سَوَّيْتِتُسَوِّينَتُسَوِّيتُسَوِّيسَوِّي
هُوَ heسَوَّىيُسَوِّييُسَوِّيَيُسَوِّ—
هِيَ sheسَوَّتْتُسَوِّيتُسَوِّيَتُسَوِّ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoسَوَّيْتُمَاتُسَوِّيَانِتُسَوِّيَاتُسَوِّيَاسَوِّيَا
هُمَا they two (m.)سَوَّيَايُسَوِّيَانِيُسَوِّيَايُسَوِّيَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)سَوَّتَاتُسَوِّيَانِتُسَوِّيَاتُسَوِّيَا—
نَحْنُ weسَوَّيْنَانُسَوِّينُسَوِّيَنُسَوِّ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)سَوَّيْتُمْتُسَوُّونَتُسَوُّواتُسَوُّواسَوُّوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)سَوَّيْتُنَّتُسَوِّينَتُسَوِّينَتُسَوِّينَسَوِّينَ
هُمْ they (m.)سَوَّوْايُسَوُّونَيُسَوُّوايُسَوُّوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)سَوَّيْنَيُسَوِّينَيُسَوِّينَيُسَوِّينَ—
Verbal nounتَسْوِيَة
Active participleمُسَوٍّ
Passive participleمُسَوًّى

سَوَّى in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to restore

أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ (٣) بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِینَ عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّسَوِّیَ بَنَانَهُۥ (٤)3. Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones? 4. Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 75:3-4

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