سواء

See also: سوآء‎

Arabic

Etymology 1
Root
س و ي‎ (s-w-y)

Noun

سَوَاء • (sawāʔ) m

  1. equal
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:136:
      ‏قَالُوا۟ سَوَاۤءٌ عَلَیۡنَاۤ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَ ٰ⁠عِظِینَ‎
      qālū sawāʔun ʕalaynā ʔawaʕaẓta ʔam lam takun mina l-wāʕiẓīna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

"They said: “It is the same as us. Did you admonish your mother? She was not one of those who admonish me.”"

Declension
Declension of noun سَوَاء‎ (sawāʔ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَوَاء‎
sawāʔ		 السَّوَاء‎
as-sawāʔ		 سَوَاء‎
sawāʔ
Nominative سَوَاءٌ‎
sawāʔun		 السَّوَاءُ‎
as-sawāʔu		 سَوَاءُ‎
sawāʔu
Accusative سَوَاءً‎
sawāʔan		 السَّوَاءَ‎
as-sawāʔa		 سَوَاءَ‎
sawāʔa
Genitive سَوَاءٍ‎
sawāʔin		 السَّوَاءِ‎
as-sawāʔi		 سَوَاءِ‎
sawāʔi
Descendants
  • Maltese: sewwa
  • → Swahili: sawa
  • → Tigre: ሰውኣ (säwʾa)

Adverb

سَوَاءً • (sawāʔan)

  1. equally, likewise

Etymology 2
Root
س و ء‎ (s-w-ʔ)

Noun

سَوَاء • (sawāʔ) m

  1. verbal noun of سَاءَ‎ (sāʔa) (form I)
Declension
Declension of noun سَوَاء‎ (sawāʔ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَوَاء‎
sawāʔ		 السَّوَاء‎
as-sawāʔ		 سَوَاء‎
sawāʔ
Nominative سَوَاءٌ‎
sawāʔun		 السَّوَاءُ‎
as-sawāʔu		 سَوَاءُ‎
sawāʔu
Accusative سَوَاءً‎
sawāʔan		 السَّوَاءَ‎
as-sawāʔa		 سَوَاءَ‎
sawāʔa
Genitive سَوَاءٍ‎
sawāʔin		 السَّوَاءِ‎
as-sawāʔi		 سَوَاءِ‎
sawāʔi

References
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020), “سواء”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 453
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