أسوأ

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔas.waʔ/

Etymology 1

Root
س و ء (s-w-ʔ)

Elative of سَيِّئ (sayyiʔ, bad, evil; abominable; foul; unseemly).

Adjective

أَسْوَأ • (ʔaswaʔ) (feminine سُوءَى (sūʔā), masculine plural أَسَاوِئ (ʔasāwiʔ), feminine plural سُوءَيَات (sūʔayāt))

  1. elative degree of سَيِّئ (sayyiʔ):
    1. worse, eviler; worst, evilest
    2. more abominable; most abominable
    3. fouler; foulest
    4. unseemlier, unsightlier, uglier; unseemliest, unsightliest, ugliest
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Etymology 2

Color or defect adjective from the root س و ء (s-w-ʔ).

Adjective

أَسْوَأ • (ʔaswaʔ) (feminine سَوْآء (sawʔāʔ), common plural سُوء (sūʔ))

  1. bad, evil
  2. abominable
  3. foul
  4. unseemly, unsightly, ugly
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