صوت

See also: ضؤت, صوب, and ص و ت

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص و ت (ṣ-w-t). The sense “vote” is probably a loan translation from a European language, most likely French voix, but compare also German Stimme and stimmen, Russian голос (golos) and голосовать (golosovatʹ), etc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

صَوْت • (ṣawt) m (plural أَصْوَات (ʔaṣwāt))

1. voice (“sound uttered by the mouth”)
2. vote, ballot

Declension

Declension of noun صَوْت (ṣawt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوْت ṣawt	الصَّوْت aṣ-ṣawt	صَوْت ṣawt
Nominative	صَوْتٌ ṣawtun	الصَّوْتُ aṣ-ṣawtu	صَوْتُ ṣawtu
Accusative	صَوْتًا ṣawtan	الصَّوْتَ aṣ-ṣawta	صَوْتَ ṣawta
Genitive	صَوْتٍ ṣawtin	الصَّوْتِ aṣ-ṣawti	صَوْتِ ṣawti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوْتَيْن ṣawtayn	الصَّوْتَيْن aṣ-ṣawtayn	صَوْتَيْ ṣawtay
Nominative	صَوْتَانِ ṣawtāni	الصَّوْتَانِ aṣ-ṣawtāni	صَوْتَا ṣawtā
Accusative	صَوْتَيْنِ ṣawtayni	الصَّوْتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣawtayni	صَوْتَيْ ṣawtay
Genitive	صَوْتَيْنِ ṣawtayni	الصَّوْتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣawtayni	صَوْتَيْ ṣawtay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَصْوَات ʔaṣwāt	الْأَصْوَات al-ʔaṣwāt	أَصْوَات ʔaṣwāt
Nominative	أَصْوَاتٌ ʔaṣwātun	الْأَصْوَاتُ al-ʔaṣwātu	أَصْوَاتُ ʔaṣwātu
Accusative	أَصْوَاتًا ʔaṣwātan	الْأَصْوَاتَ al-ʔaṣwāta	أَصْوَاتَ ʔaṣwāta
Genitive	أَصْوَاتٍ ʔaṣwātin	الْأَصْوَاتِ al-ʔaṣwāti	أَصْوَاتِ ʔaṣwāti

Verb

صَوَّتَ • (ṣawwata) II (non-past يُصَوِّتُ (yuṣawwitu), verbal noun تَصْوِيت (taṣwīt))

1. to vote

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Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤoːt/

Noun

صوت • (ṣōt) m

1. voice (“sound uttered by the mouth”)

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Persian

Noun

صوت • (sowt)

1. voice
2. sound