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
      They said, “It is all the same to us whether you warned us or not."
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 with 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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