س و ي

See also: سوي, شوی, and سوى

Arabic

Etymology

See ه و ي (h-w-y) for derivation and cognates.

Root

س و ي • (s-w-y)

1. related to being equal

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: سَوِيَ (sawiya, “to be equal”)
  • Verbal noun: سِوًى (siwan)
  • Active participle: سَاوٍ (sāwin)
  • Passive participle: مَسْوِيّ (maswiyy)
• Form II: سَوَّى (sawwā, “to level, smooth”)
  • Verbal noun: تَسْوِيَة (taswiya)
  • Active participle: مُسَوٍّ (musawwin)
  • Passive participle: مُسَوًّى (musawwan)
• Form III: سَاوَى (sāwā, “to equal”)
  • Verbal noun: مُسَاوَاة (musāwāh, “equality, equivalence, equal rights”), سِوَاء (siwāʔ, “equality, equivalence, equal rights”)
  • Active participle: مُسَاوٍ (musāwin, “equal, similar”)
  • Passive participle: مُسَاوًى (musāwan)
• Form VI: تَسَاوَى (tasāwā, “to be equal”)
  • Verbal noun: تَسَاوٍ (tasāwin, “equality, equivalence, equal rights”)
  • Active participle: مُتَسَاوٍ (mutasāwin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَسَاوًى (mutasāwan)
• Form VIII: اِسْتَوَى (istawā, “to be equivalent to”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِوَاء (istiwāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَوٍ (mustawin)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَوًى (mustawan, “level, standard”)

Nouns and adjectives

• سَوِيّ (sawiyy, “equal, symmetrical, proportional, parallel”)
  • أَسْوَى (ʔaswā, “more equal, more symmetrical, most equal, most symmetrical”)