مساو

Arabic

Root
س و ي (s-w-y)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of سَاوَى (sāwā, “to equal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.saː.win/

Adjective

مُسَاوٍ • (musāwin) (construct state مُسَاوِي (musāwī), feminine مُسَاوِيَة (musāwiya), masculine plural مُسَاوُونَ (musāwūna), feminine plural مُسَاوِيَات (musāwiyāt))

1. equal, similar

Declension

Declension of adjective مُسَاوٍ (musāwin)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُسَاوِي musāwī	الْمُسَاوِي al-musāwī	مُسَاوِيَة musāwiya	الْمُسَاوِيَة al-musāwiya
Nominative	مُسَاوٍ musāwin	الْمُسَاوِي al-musāwī	مُسَاوِيَةٌ musāwiyatun	الْمُسَاوِيَةُ al-musāwiyatu
Accusative	مُسَاوِيًا musāwiyan	الْمُسَاوِيَ al-musāwiya	مُسَاوِيَةً musāwiyatan	الْمُسَاوِيَةَ al-musāwiyata
Genitive	مُسَاوٍ musāwin	الْمُسَاوِي al-musāwī	مُسَاوِيَةٍ musāwiyatin	الْمُسَاوِيَةِ al-musāwiyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُسَاوِيَيْن musāwiyayn	الْمُسَاوِيَيْن al-musāwiyayn	مُسَاوِيَتَيْن musāwiyatayn	الْمُسَاوِيَتَيْن al-musāwiyatayn
Nominative	مُسَاوِيَانِ musāwiyāni	الْمُسَاوِيَانِ al-musāwiyāni	مُسَاوِيَتَانِ musāwiyatāni	الْمُسَاوِيَتَانِ al-musāwiyatāni
Accusative	مُسَاوِيَيْنِ musāwiyayni	الْمُسَاوِيَيْنِ al-musāwiyayni	مُسَاوِيَتَيْنِ musāwiyatayni	الْمُسَاوِيَتَيْنِ al-musāwiyatayni
Genitive	مُسَاوِيَيْنِ musāwiyayni	الْمُسَاوِيَيْنِ al-musāwiyayni	مُسَاوِيَتَيْنِ musāwiyatayni	الْمُسَاوِيَتَيْنِ al-musāwiyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُسَاوِين musāwīn	الْمُسَاوِين al-musāwīn	مُسَاوِيَات musāwiyāt	الْمُسَاوِيَات al-musāwiyāt
Nominative	مُسَاوُونَ musāwūna	الْمُسَاوُونَ al-musāwūna	مُسَاوِيَاتٌ musāwiyātun	الْمُسَاوِيَاتُ al-musāwiyātu
Accusative	مُسَاوِينَ musāwīna	الْمُسَاوِينَ al-musāwīna	مُسَاوِيَاتٍ musāwiyātin	الْمُسَاوِيَاتِ al-musāwiyāti
Genitive	مُسَاوِينَ musāwīna	الْمُسَاوِينَ al-musāwīna	مُسَاوِيَاتٍ musāwiyātin	الْمُسَاوِيَاتِ al-musāwiyāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: müsavi
• → Ottoman Turkish: مساوی (müsavi)
  • Turkish: müsavi
• → Persian: مساوی
  • → Urdu: مُساوی (musāvī)
• → Uzbek: musoviy

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “سوي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN