صوة
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ص و و (ṣ-w-w) or ص و ي (ṣ-w-y), meaning “to be rough or dry”, “to be rugged”, “rugged elevated ground”, stemming from the Bedouin practice of using rock outcroppings to determine bearings in deserts with sparse landmarks; cognate with Old South Arabian 𐩮𐩥𐩺 (ṣwy, “to signify, to indicate (direction)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˤuw.wa/
Noun
صُوّة • (ṣuwwa) f (plural صُوًى (ṣuwan) or أَصْواء (ʾaṣwāʾ))
- an elevation of terrain marking an orographic transition, a foothill, barrow, mound
- c. 700, أُميَّةُ بن أَبي عائِذٍ الهُذَليّ [Umayya ibn ʾabī ʿāʾiḏ (al-huḏalīy)], Dīwān Huḏalīyīn [Diwan Hodsailitarum / Hudsailian poems / Huḏaylitendiwan], page 201 verse 38 in Kosegarten’s edition:
- وَفِي غَمْرَةِ الْآلِ خِلْتُ الصُّوَى … عُرُوكًا عَلَى رَائِس يَقْسِمُونَا
- wafī ḡamrati l-ʾāli ḵiltu ṣ-ṣuwā … ʿurūkan ʿalā rāʾis yaqsimūnā
- In the overabundance of fogs I fancied the barrows … the mariners onto the valleyhead, dividing us
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- guidepost, marking sign, guiding sign
Declension
Declension of noun صُوّة (ṣuwwa)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | صُوّة ṣuwwa | الصُّوّة aṣ-ṣuwwa | صُوّة ṣuwwat |
| Nominative | صُوّةٌ ṣuwwatun | الصُّوّةُ aṣ-ṣuwwatu | صُوّةُ ṣuwwatu |
| Accusative | صُوّةً ṣuwwatan | الصُّوّةَ aṣ-ṣuwwata | صُوّةَ ṣuwwata |
| Genitive | صُوّةٍ ṣuwwatin | الصُّوّةِ aṣ-ṣuwwati | صُوّةِ ṣuwwati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | صُوّتَيْن ṣuwwatayn | الصُّوّتَيْن aṣ-ṣuwwatayn | صُوّتَيْ ṣuwwatay |
| Nominative | صُوّتَانِ ṣuwwatāni | الصُّوّتَانِ aṣ-ṣuwwatāni | صُوّتَا ṣuwwatā |
| Accusative | صُوّتَيْنِ ṣuwwatayni | الصُّوّتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣuwwatayni | صُوّتَيْ ṣuwwatay |
| Genitive | صُوّتَيْنِ ṣuwwatayni | الصُّوّتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣuwwatayni | صُوّتَيْ ṣuwwatay |
| Plural | broken plural in ـًى (-an); basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | صُوَى; أَصْواء ṣuwā; ʾaṣwāʾ | الصُّوَى; الْأَصْواء aṣ-ṣuwā; al-ʾaṣwāʾ | صُوَى; أَصْواء ṣuwā; ʾaṣwāʾ |
| Nominative | صُوًى; أَصْواءٌ ṣuwan; ʾaṣwāʾun | الصُّوَى; الْأَصْواءُ aṣ-ṣuwā; al-ʾaṣwāʾu | صُوَى; أَصْواءُ ṣuwā; ʾaṣwāʾu |
| Accusative | صُوًى; أَصْواءً ṣuwan; ʾaṣwāʾan | الصُّوَى; الْأَصْواءَ aṣ-ṣuwā; al-ʾaṣwāʾa | صُوَى; أَصْواءَ ṣuwā; ʾaṣwāʾa |
| Genitive | صُوًى; أَصْواءٍ ṣuwan; ʾaṣwāʾin | الصُّوَى; الْأَصْواءِ aṣ-ṣuwā; al-ʾaṣwāʾi | صُوَى; أَصْواءِ ṣuwā; ʾaṣwāʾi |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “صوة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 534–535
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “صوة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1738
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “صوة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 596
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “صوة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 731