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Also written سوى: سَوَّى (to equalize)
Highlights
Verbal noun of
سَوِيَ
to equal
Most common words from the same root
سِوًى in English
Noun · masculine
Verbal noun of سَوِيَ (to equal): the act or idea of the verb.
- used in the construct state in ways which are translated into Standard Average European languages as prepositions like except, but, short of; of very frequent occurrence (followed by genitive)
لَا أُحِبُّ سِوَى تِلْكَ الْمَرْأَةِ.I love no one but that woman.مَن سَيَفْتَدِي طُهْرَ الْعِرَاقِ سِوَانَا؟Who will save the purity of the Iraq if not us?سفوف لأصحاب السعال مع خلفة شاه بلوط وقشور اللوز الأحمر الرقيق وخروب شامي وخرنوب نبطي وطين أرمني مغسول وصمغ عربي ونشاء وبزر بقلة وخشخاش يحمص سوى الطين ويستعملA powder for those who suffer from the cough in conjunction with diarrhoea Sweet chestnut, the peels of dainty reddish almonds, Syrian carob, Nabataean carob, washed Armenian bole, gum-arabic, starch, purslane seeds, and poppy. (This) is roasted except the bole, and used.a. 1165, ابن التلميذ [Ibn al-Tilmīḏ], edited by Oliver Kahl, The Dispensatory of Ibn At-Tilmīḏ الأقراباذين الكبير (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Tex
Words from the root س-و-ي
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
سَوَّى
· present يُسَوِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive
to equalize; to make even, to straighten; to settle (a dispute)
تَسْوِيَة
settlement
مُسَوٍّ
مُسَوًّى
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
equality
مُسَاوٍ
equal
مُسَاوًى
تَسَاوَى
· present يَتَسَاوَى
Form VI · Mutual action
to be equal; to be balanced
تَسَاوٍ
مُتَسَاوٍ
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
سَوِيَّة
level
سَوَاء
equal
سَوَاءً
equally
أَسْوَى
elative degree of سَوِيّ
سِي
si
سِيّ
something similar
وَلَا سِيَّمَا
especially
سِوًى in a sentence
Dictionary examples
used in the construct state in ways which are translated into Standar…
لَا أُحِبُّ سِوَى تِلْكَ الْمَرْأَةِ.I love no one but that woman.
used in the construct state in ways which are translated into Standar…
مَن سَيَفْتَدِي طُهْرَ الْعِرَاقِ سِوَانَا؟Who will save the purity of the Iraq if not us?
used in the construct state in ways which are translated into Standar…
سفوف لأصحاب السعال مع خلفة
شاه بلوط وقشور اللوز الأحمر الرقيق وخروب شامي وخرنوب نبطي وطين أرمني مغسول وصمغ عربي ونشاء وبزر بقلة وخشخاش يحمص سوى الطين ويستعملA powder for those who suffer from the cough in conjunction with diarrhoea
Sweet chestnut, the peels of dainty reddish almonds, Syrian carob, Nabataean carob, washed Armenian bole, gum-arabic, starch, purslane seeds, and poppy. (This) is roasted except the bole, and used.a. 1165, ابن التلميذ [Ibn al-Tilmīḏ], edited by Oliver Kahl, The Dispensatory of Ibn At-Tilmīḏ الأقراباذين الكبير (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Tex
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