سيئ

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س و ء (s-w-ʔ); compare سَاءَ (sāʔa, “to be bad”), سَوْء (sawʔ, “evil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saj.jiʔ/

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Adjective

سَيِّئ • (sayyiʔ) (feminine سَيِّئَة (sayyiʔa), masculine plural سَيِّئُون (sayyiʔūn), feminine plural سَيِّئَات (sayyiʔāt), elative أَسْوَأ (ʔaswaʔ))

1. evil, bad
2. abominable
3. foul
4. unseemly, unsightly, ugly

Declension

Declension of adjective سَيِّئ (sayyiʔ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سَيِّئ sayyiʔ	السَّيِّئ as-sayyiʔ	سَيِّئَة sayyiʔa	السَّيِّئَة as-sayyiʔa
Nominative	سَيِّئٌ sayyiʔun	السَّيِّئُ as-sayyiʔu	سَيِّئَةٌ sayyiʔatun	السَّيِّئَةُ as-sayyiʔatu
Accusative	سَيِّئًا sayyiʔan	السَّيِّئَ as-sayyiʔa	سَيِّئَةً sayyiʔatan	السَّيِّئَةَ as-sayyiʔata
Genitive	سَيِّئٍ sayyiʔin	السَّيِّئِ as-sayyiʔi	سَيِّئَةٍ sayyiʔatin	السَّيِّئَةِ as-sayyiʔati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سَيِّئَيْن sayyiʔayn	السَّيِّئَيْن as-sayyiʔayn	سَيِّئَتَيْن sayyiʔatayn	السَّيِّئَتَيْن as-sayyiʔatayn
Nominative	سَيِّئَانِ sayyiʔāni	السَّيِّئَانِ as-sayyiʔāni	سَيِّئَتَانِ sayyiʔatāni	السَّيِّئَتَانِ as-sayyiʔatāni
Accusative	سَيِّئَيْنِ sayyiʔayni	السَّيِّئَيْنِ as-sayyiʔayni	سَيِّئَتَيْنِ sayyiʔatayni	السَّيِّئَتَيْنِ as-sayyiʔatayni
Genitive	سَيِّئَيْنِ sayyiʔayni	السَّيِّئَيْنِ as-sayyiʔayni	سَيِّئَتَيْنِ sayyiʔatayni	السَّيِّئَتَيْنِ as-sayyiʔatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سَيِّئِين sayyiʔīn	السَّيِّئِين as-sayyiʔīn	سَيِّئَات sayyiʔāt	السَّيِّئَات as-sayyiʔāt
Nominative	سَيِّئُونَ sayyiʔūna	السَّيِّئُونَ as-sayyiʔūna	سَيِّئَاتٌ sayyiʔātun	السَّيِّئَاتُ as-sayyiʔātu
Accusative	سَيِّئِينَ sayyiʔīna	السَّيِّئِينَ as-sayyiʔīna	سَيِّئَاتٍ sayyiʔātin	السَّيِّئَاتِ as-sayyiʔāti
Genitive	سَيِّئِينَ sayyiʔīna	السَّيِّئِينَ as-sayyiʔīna	سَيِّئَاتٍ sayyiʔātin	السَّيِّئَاتِ as-sayyiʔāti

References

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