س و ي

See ه و ي‎ (h-w-y) for derivation and cognates.

س و ي • (s-w-y)

1. related to being equal

• Form I: سَوِيَ‎ (sawiya, “to be equal”)
  • Verbal noun: سِوًى‎ (siwan)
  • Active participle: سَاوٍ‎ (sāwin)
  • Passive participle: مَسْوِيّ‎ (maswiyy)
• Form II: سَوَّى‎ (sawwā, “to level, smooth”)
  • Verbal noun: تَسْوِيَة‎ (taswiya)
  • Active participle: مُسَوٍّ‎ (musawwin)
  • Passive participle: مُسَوًّى‎ (musawwan)
• Form III: سَاوَى‎ (sāwā, “to equal”)
  • Verbal noun: مُسَاوَاة‎ (musāwāh, “equality, equivalence, equal rights”), سِوَاء‎ (siwāʾ, “equality, equivalence, equal rights”)
  • Active participle: مُسَاوٍ‎ (musāwin, “equal, similar”)
  • Passive participle: مُسَاوًى‎ (musāwan)
• Form VI: تَسَاوَى‎ (tasāwā, “to be equal”)
  • Verbal noun: تَسَاوٍ‎ (tasāwin, “equality, equivalence, equal rights”)
  • Active participle: مُتَسَاوٍ‎ (mutasāwin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَسَاوًى‎ (mutasāwan)
• Form VIII: اِسْتَوَى‎ (istawā, “to be equivalent to”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِوَاء‎ (istiwāʾ)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَوٍ‎ (mustawin)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَوًى‎ (mustawan, “level, standard”)

• سَوِيّ‎ (sawiyy, “equal, symmetrical, proportional, parallel”)
  • أَسْوَى‎ (ʾaswā, “more equal, more symmetrical, most equal, most symmetrical”)