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سَوِيَّة
equality, parity /saˈwij.ja/
nounB1#1525 most common
Also: evenness, level, normality, soundness, together (used adverbially as سَوِيّةً)
Example sentences
ذَهَبْنا إِلى المَدْرَسةِ سَوِيّةً.
We went to school together.
نَأْكُلُ الغَداءَ سَوِيّةً كُلَّ يَوْم.
We eat lunch together every day.
يَجِبُ أَن نَعمَلَ سَوِيّةً لِكَي نَنجَح.
We must work together in order to succeed.
المُساواةُ تَعني أَن يَكونَ الجَميعُ على سَوِيّةٍ واحِدة.
Equality means that everyone is on one level.
اِفتَقَدَتِ الخُطّةُ إلى السَّوِيّةِ بَينَ المَصالِحِ المُختَلِفة.
The plan lacked balance among the different interests.
لا يُمكِنُ قِياسُ سَوِيّةِ الأَداءِ النَّفسِيِّ بِمِعيارٍ واحِد.
The normality of psychological functioning cannot be measured by a single criterion.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَوِيّةٌ | سَوِيّاتٌ |
| Genitive | سَوِيّةٍ | سَوِيّاتٍ |
| Accusative | سَوِيّةً | سَوِيّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا سَوِيّةُ | يا سَوِيّاتُ |
Word family
سَوِيّeven, normal, sound
سَاوَىto equal, to be worth
مُسَاوَاةequality
تَسَاوَىto be equal to one another
اِسْتَوَىto be level, to settle
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root s-w-y, which carries the sense of being equal, even, and level. It is the abstract feminine noun built on the adjective سَوِيّ (even, sound). From the idea of equal footing the everyday adverbial sense "together" developed.
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