سويداء

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
س و د (s-w-d)

Diminutive of the feminine سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ) of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad, black) with the pattern as in صُفَيْرَاء (ṣufayrāʔ) and غُبَيْرَاء (ḡubayrāʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.waj.daːʔ/

Noun

سُوَيْدَاء • (suwaydāʔ) f

  1. seepweed (Suaeda gen. et spp.)
    Synonyms: قُلَّام (qullām), قَاقُلَّة (qāqulla), مُلَّاح (mullāḥ)
Declension
Descendants
  • → Translingual: Suaeda
  • Italian: soda (see there for further descendants)

Noun

سُوَيْدَاء • (suwaydāʔ) f

  1. only used in السُوَيْدَاء (as-suwaydāʔ, As-Suwayda; As-Suwayda Governorate)
Declension
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