صوان

Arabic

Etymology 1
Root
ص و ن (ṣ-w-n)

Noun

صِوَان or صُوَان • (ṣiwān or ṣuwān) m (plural أَصْوِنَة (ʔaṣwina))

  1. chest, cupboard, cabinet, drawer (any larger receptacle to store things)
  2. (computing) buffer
Declension
Declension of noun صِوَان (ṣiwān)‎; صُوَان (ṣuwān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صِوَان‎; صُوَان
ṣiwān‎; ṣuwān		 الصِّوَان‎; الصُّوَان
aṣ-ṣiwān‎; aṣ-ṣuwān		 صِوَان‎; صُوَان
ṣiwān‎; ṣuwān
Nominative صِوَانٌ‎; صُوَانٌ
ṣiwānun‎; ṣuwānun		 الصِّوَانُ‎; الصُّوَانُ
aṣ-ṣiwānu‎; aṣ-ṣuwānu		 صِوَانُ‎; صُوَانُ
ṣiwānu‎; ṣuwānu
Accusative صِوَانًا‎; صُوَانًا
ṣiwānan‎; ṣuwānan		 الصِّوَانَ‎; الصُّوَانَ
aṣ-ṣiwāna‎; aṣ-ṣuwāna		 صِوَانَ‎; صُوَانَ
ṣiwāna‎; ṣuwāna
Genitive صِوَانٍ‎; صُوَانٍ
ṣiwānin‎; ṣuwānin		 الصِّوَانِ‎; الصُّوَانِ
aṣ-ṣiwāni‎; aṣ-ṣuwāni		 صِوَانِ‎; صُوَانِ
ṣiwāni‎; ṣuwāni
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صِوَانَيْن‎; صُوَانَيْن
ṣiwānayn‎; ṣuwānayn		 الصِّوَانَيْن‎; الصُّوَانَيْن
aṣ-ṣiwānayn‎; aṣ-ṣuwānayn		 صِوَانَيْ‎; صُوَانَيْ
ṣiwānay‎; ṣuwānay
Nominative صِوَانَانِ‎; صُوَانَانِ
ṣiwānāni‎; ṣuwānāni		 الصِّوَانَانِ‎; الصُّوَانَانِ
aṣ-ṣiwānāni‎; aṣ-ṣuwānāni		 صِوَانَا‎; صُوَانَا
ṣiwānā‎; ṣuwānā
Accusative صِوَانَيْنِ‎; صُوَانَيْنِ
ṣiwānayni‎; ṣuwānayni		 الصِّوَانَيْنِ‎; الصُّوَانَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣiwānayni‎; aṣ-ṣuwānayni		 صِوَانَيْ‎; صُوَانَيْ
ṣiwānay‎; ṣuwānay
Genitive صِوَانَيْنِ‎; صُوَانَيْنِ
ṣiwānayni‎; ṣuwānayni		 الصِّوَانَيْنِ‎; الصُّوَانَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣiwānayni‎; aṣ-ṣuwānayni		 صِوَانَيْ‎; صُوَانَيْ
ṣiwānay‎; ṣuwānay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَصْوِنَة
ʔaṣwina		 الْأَصْوِنَة
al-ʔaṣwina		 أَصْوِنَة
ʔaṣwinat
Nominative أَصْوِنَةٌ
ʔaṣwinatun		 الْأَصْوِنَةُ
al-ʔaṣwinatu		 أَصْوِنَةُ
ʔaṣwinatu
Accusative أَصْوِنَةً
ʔaṣwinatan		 الْأَصْوِنَةَ
al-ʔaṣwinata		 أَصْوِنَةَ
ʔaṣwinata
Genitive أَصْوِنَةٍ
ʔaṣwinatin		 الْأَصْوِنَةِ
al-ʔaṣwinati		 أَصْوِنَةِ
ʔaṣwinati

Etymology 2

From the giant quarries of أُمّ الْصَوَّان (ʔumm al-ṣawwān) near أَسْوَان (ʔaswān), from Coptic ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan), from Egyptian swnw,

swn
n		 nw
W		 T11
niwt

Noun

صَوَّان • (ṣawwān) m (collective, singulative صَوَّانَة f (ṣawwāna))

  1. granite
  2. flint
Declension
Declension of noun صَوَّان (ṣawwān)
Collective basic collective triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَوَّان
ṣawwān		 الصَّوَّان
aṣ-ṣawwān		 صَوَّان
ṣawwān
Nominative صَوَّانٌ
ṣawwānun		 الصَّوَّانُ
aṣ-ṣawwānu		 صَوَّانُ
ṣawwānu
Accusative صَوَّانًا
ṣawwānan		 الصَّوَّانَ
aṣ-ṣawwāna		 صَوَّانَ
ṣawwāna
Genitive صَوَّانٍ
ṣawwānin		 الصَّوَّانِ
aṣ-ṣawwāni		 صَوَّانِ
ṣawwāni
Singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَوَّانَة
ṣawwāna		 الصَّوَّانَة
aṣ-ṣawwāna		 صَوَّانَة
ṣawwānat
Nominative صَوَّانَةٌ
ṣawwānatun		 الصَّوَّانَةُ
aṣ-ṣawwānatu		 صَوَّانَةُ
ṣawwānatu
Accusative صَوَّانَةً
ṣawwānatan		 الصَّوَّانَةَ
aṣ-ṣawwānata		 صَوَّانَةَ
ṣawwānata
Genitive صَوَّانَةٍ
ṣawwānatin		 الصَّوَّانَةِ
aṣ-ṣawwānati		 صَوَّانَةِ
ṣawwānati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَوَّانَتَيْن
ṣawwānatayn		 الصَّوَّانَتَيْن
aṣ-ṣawwānatayn		 صَوَّانَتَيْ
ṣawwānatay
Nominative صَوَّانَتَانِ
ṣawwānatāni		 الصَّوَّانَتَانِ
aṣ-ṣawwānatāni		 صَوَّانَتَا
ṣawwānatā
Accusative صَوَّانَتَيْنِ
ṣawwānatayni		 الصَّوَّانَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣawwānatayni		 صَوَّانَتَيْ
ṣawwānatay
Genitive صَوَّانَتَيْنِ
ṣawwānatayni		 الصَّوَّانَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣawwānatayni		 صَوَّانَتَيْ
ṣawwānatay
Paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَوَّانَات
ṣawwānāt		 الصَّوَّانَات
aṣ-ṣawwānāt		 صَوَّانَات
ṣawwānāt
Nominative صَوَّانَاتٌ
ṣawwānātun		 الصَّوَّانَاتُ
aṣ-ṣawwānātu		 صَوَّانَاتُ
ṣawwānātu
Accusative صَوَّانَاتٍ
ṣawwānātin		 الصَّوَّانَاتِ
aṣ-ṣawwānāti		 صَوَّانَاتِ
ṣawwānāti
Genitive صَوَّانَاتٍ
ṣawwānātin		 الصَّوَّانَاتِ
aṣ-ṣawwānāti		 صَوَّانَاتِ
ṣawwānāti

Further reading
  • Aston, Barbara G., Harrell, James A., Shaw, Ian (2000) “2. Stone”, in Paul T. Nicholson, Ian Shaw, editors, Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 5 seqq.
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “صوان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 855
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “صوان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1750–1751
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صوان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 736
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