عوى

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ع و ي (ʕ-w-y)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

عَوَى (ʕawā) I, non-past يَعْوِي‎ (yaʕwī)

  1. (intransitive) to howl
    عَوَى الذِّئْبُ عَلَى الْقَمَرِ
    ʕawā aḏ-ḏiʔbu ʕalā l-qamari
    The wuolf bayed at the moon.

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • South Levantine Arabic: عوّى (ʕawwa)

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ع و ي
1 term

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic عَوَى (ʕawā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʕaw.wa/, [ˈʕaw.wa]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

عوّى (ʕawwa) II (present بعوّي (biʕawwi))

  1. (of a dog) to bark, to howl

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of عوّى (ʕawwa)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عوّيت (ʕawwēt) عوّيت (ʕawwēt) عوّى (ʕawwa) عوّينا (ʕawwēna) عوّيتو (ʕawwētu) عوّو (ʕawwu)
f عوّيتي (ʕawwēti) عوّت (ʕawwat)
present m بعوّي (baʕawwi) بتعوّي (bitʕawwi) بعوّي (biʕawwi) منعوّي (minʕawwi) بتعوّو (bitʕawwu) بعوّو (biʕawwu)
f بتعوّي (bitʕawwi) بتعوّي (bitʕawwi)
subjunctive m اعوّي (aʕawwi) تعوّي (tʕawwi) يعوّي (yʕawwi) نعوّي (nʕawwi) تعوّو (tʕawwu) يعوّو (yʕawwu)
f تعوّي (tʕawwi) تعوّي (tʕawwi)
imperative m عوّي (ʕawwi) عوّو (ʕawwu)
f عوّي (ʕawwi)