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تَوّ
just now; the immediate moment /ˈtawː/
nounA1#324 most common
Also: immediately, at once, right away, the present moment
Example sentences
وَصَلْتُ لِتَوّي.
I have just arrived.
هُوَ خَرَجَ تَوّاً.
He left just now.
عادَت أُمّي لِتَوِّها مِنَ السّوقِ.
My mother has just returned from the market.
اِتَّصَلَ بي صَديقي تَوّاً لِيُخبِرَني بِالخَبَرِ.
My friend called me just now to tell me the news.
لا أَملِكُ تَفاصيلَ كافِيةً، فَقَد قَرَأتُ التَّقريرَ لِتَوّي.
I do not have enough details; I have only just read the report.
وَصَلَهُ القَرارُ وهو في تَوِّ انهِماكِهِ في تَحضيرِ المَشروعِ.
The decision reached him at the very moment he was immersed in preparing the project.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَوٌّ | None |
| Genitive | تَوٍّ | None |
| Accusative | تَوّاً | None |
| Vocative | يا تَوُّ | None |
Word family
تَوّاًimmediately, at once
لِتَوِّهِjust now, this very moment
في تَوِّهِright away, on the spot
تَوّةnow (colloquial)
Etymology
تَوّ comes from the Arabic root t-w-w. Its base sense is a single, unbroken stretch, such as one strand of rope. From that came the idea of one moment, which gives the common adverb تَوّاً, meaning at once.
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