أسوى

See also: أسوي and اسوي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
س و ي (s-w-y)

Elative of سَوِيّ (sawiyy, “equal, symmetrical; smooth, even; straight”).

Adjective

أَسْوَى • (ʔaswā)

1. elative degree of سَوِيّ (sawiyy):
   1. more equal, more symmetrical; most equal, most symmetrical
   2. smoother, more even; smoothest, most even
   3. straighter; straightest
   4. in better condition; in best condition

Declension

Declension of adjective أَسْوَى (ʔaswā)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	singular invariable		singular unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَسْوَى ʔaswā	الْأَسْوَى al-ʔaswā	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَسْوَى ʔaswā	الْأَسْوَى al-ʔaswā	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَسْوَى ʔaswā	الْأَسْوَى al-ʔaswā	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَسْوَى ʔaswā	الْأَسْوَى al-ʔaswā	? ?	? ?
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَسْوَيَيْن ʔaswayayn	الْأَسْوَيَيْن al-ʔaswayayn	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَسْوَيَانِ ʔaswayāni	الْأَسْوَيَانِ al-ʔaswayāni	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَسْوَيَيْنِ ʔaswayayni	الْأَسْوَيَيْنِ al-ʔaswayayni	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَسْوَيَيْنِ ʔaswayayni	الْأَسْوَيَيْنِ al-ʔaswayayni	? ?	? ?
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound plural in ـَوْنَ (-awna)		plural unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَسْوَيْن ʔaswayn	الْأَسْوَيْن al-ʔaswayn	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَسْوَوْنَ ʔaswawna	الْأَسْوَوْنَ al-ʔaswawna	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَسْوَيْنَ ʔaswayna	الْأَسْوَيْنَ al-ʔaswayna	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَسْوَيْنَ ʔaswayna	الْأَسْوَيْنَ al-ʔaswayna	? ?	? ?

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سوي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “سوى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate

Etymology 2

Verb

أَسْوَى • (ʔaswā) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of سَوِيَ (sawiya)
2. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of سَوِيَ (sawiya)

Verb

أُسْوَى • (ʔuswā) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of سَوِيَ (sawiya)
2. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of سَوِيَ (sawiya)

Etymology 3

Verb

أُسَوَّى • (ʔusawwā) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of سَوَّى (sawwā)
2. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of سَوَّى (sawwā)