سوى

See also: شوی, سوي, and س و ي

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س و ي (s-w-y).

Verb

سَوَّى (sawwā) II, non-past يُسَوِّي‎ (yusawwī)

  1. to equalize
  2. to smooth
  3. to straighten, to make even
  4. to settle (a dispute)
  5. to reconcile (بَيْنَ (bayna))
  6. to regularize

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to equalize, to settle (a dispute)): سَاوَى (sāwā)

Descendants

Noun

سِوًى (siwan) m

  1. verbal noun of سَوِيَ (sawiya) (form I)
  2. 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 occurence
    مَن سَيَفْتَدِي طُهْرَ الْعِرَاقِ سِوَانَا؟
    man sayaftadī ṭuhra l-ʿirāqi siwānā?
    Who will save the purity of the Iraq if not us?

Declension

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