مساواة

Arabic

Root
س و ي (s w y)
18 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.saː.waːh/

Noun

مُسَاوَاة • (musāwāh) f

1. verbal noun of سَاوَى (sāwā) (form III)
2. equality, equivalence
3. equal rights

   يَكْفُلُ ٱلْقَانُونُ ٱلْمُسَاوَاةَ بَيْنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَاءِ.

   yakfulu l-qānūnu l-musāwāta bayna r-rijāli wan-nisāʔi.

   The equal status of women and men is assured by law.

4. settlement (of a bill)

Declension

Declension of noun مُسَاوَاة (musāwāh)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُسَاوَاة musāwāt	الْمُسَاوَاة al-musāwāt	مُسَاوَاة musāwāt
Nominative	مُسَاوَاةٌ musāwātun	الْمُسَاوَاةُ al-musāwātu	مُسَاوَاةُ musāwātu
Accusative	مُسَاوَاةً musāwātan	الْمُسَاوَاةَ al-musāwāta	مُسَاوَاةَ musāwāta
Genitive	مُسَاوَاةٍ musāwātin	الْمُسَاوَاةِ al-musāwāti	مُسَاوَاةِ musāwāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: müsavat
• → Ottoman Turkish: مساوات (müsâvât)
  • Turkish: müsavat
• → Persian: مساوات (mosâvât)
  • → Urdu: مساوات (musāvāt)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “سوي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Adjective

مُسَاوَاة • (musāwāh) f

1. feminine singular of مُسَاوًى (musāwan)