صواع

Arabic

Etymology

From Ge'ez ጽዋዕ (ṣəwwāʿ), related to the Arabic cubic measure صَاع (ṣāʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤu.waːʕ/ or IPA^(key): /sˤi.waːʕ/

Noun

صُوَاع or صِوَاع • (ṣuwāʕ or ṣiwāʕ) m

1. (hapax legomenon) cup, goblet, stoop
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:72:

     قَالُوا نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ الْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَاءَ بِهِ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا بِهِ زَعِيمٌ

     qālū nafqidu ṣuwāʕa l-maliki wa-li-man jāʔa bi-hī ḥimlu baʕīrin waʔanā bi-hī zaʕīmun

     They said: “We are missing the stoop of the king. And for he who brings it there will be [the reward of] a camel’s load, and I guarantee it.”

Declension

Declension of noun صُوَاع (ṣuwāʕ)‎; صِوَاع (ṣiwāʕ)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صُوَاع‎; صِوَاع ṣuwāʕ‎; ṣiwāʕ	الصُّوَاع‎; الصِّوَاع aṣ-ṣuwāʕ‎; aṣ-ṣiwāʕ	صُوَاع‎; صِوَاع ṣuwāʕ‎; ṣiwāʕ
nominative	صُوَاعٌ‎; صِوَاعٌ ṣuwāʕun‎; ṣiwāʕun	الصُّوَاعُ‎; الصِّوَاعُ aṣ-ṣuwāʕu‎; aṣ-ṣiwāʕu	صُوَاعُ‎; صِوَاعُ ṣuwāʕu‎; ṣiwāʕu
accusative	صُوَاعًا‎; صِوَاعًا ṣuwāʕan‎; ṣiwāʕan	الصُّوَاعَ‎; الصِّوَاعَ aṣ-ṣuwāʕa‎; aṣ-ṣiwāʕa	صُوَاعَ‎; صِوَاعَ ṣuwāʕa‎; ṣiwāʕa
genitive	صُوَاعٍ‎; صِوَاعٍ ṣuwāʕin‎; ṣiwāʕin	الصُّوَاعِ‎; الصِّوَاعِ aṣ-ṣuwāʕi‎; aṣ-ṣiwāʕi	صُوَاعِ‎; صِوَاعِ ṣuwāʕi‎; ṣiwāʕi

References

• Badawi, Elsaid M.; Abdel Haleem, Muhammad (2008), Arabic-English Dictionary of Qurʾanic Usage (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 85), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 541
• Leslau, Wolf (1987), Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, reprinted 1991, 1997 and 2006, page 566
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910), Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 55