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صَوَّت
to vote /sˤawˈwata/
verbB2#3838 most common
Also: to sound (an alarm), to voice/sound out
Example sentences
صَوَّتَ أَحْمَدُ فِي الِانْتِخَابَاتِ.
Ahmad voted in the elections.
لَمْ أُصَوِّتْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةَ.
I did not vote this year.
سَتُصَوِّتُ المَرْأَةُ لِأَوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ فِي حَيَاتِهَا.
The woman will vote for the first time in her life.
صَوَّتَ أَعْضَاءُ مَجْلِسِ الأُمَّةِ عَلَى القَانُونِ الجَدِيدِ.
The parliament members voted on the new law.
يُصَوِّتُ المُوَاطِنُونَ عَادَةً بِنَاءً عَلَى مَصَالِحِهِمُ الِاقْتِصَادِيَّةِ.
Citizens usually vote based on their economic interests.
صَوَّتَتِ الجَمْعِيَّةُ العَامَّةُ لِلْأُمَمِ المُتَّحِدَةِ بِالْإِجْمَاعِ عَلَى القَرَارِ.
The UN General Assembly voted unanimously on the resolution.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُصَوِّتُ | صَوَّتُّ | سَأُصَوِّتُ |
| 2sg | تُصَوِّتُ | صَوَّتَّ | سَتُصَوِّتُ |
| 3sg | يُصَوِّتُ | صَوَّتَ | سَيُصَوِّتُ |
| 1pl | نُصَوِّتُ | صَوَّتْنَا | سَنُصَوِّتُ |
| 2pl | تُصَوِّتُونَ | صَوَّتُّمْ | سَتُصَوِّتُونَ |
| 3pl | يُصَوِّتُونَ | صَوَّتُوا | سَيُصَوِّتُونَ |
Word family
صَوْتvoice, soundتَصْوِيتvoting, the act of casting a vote
مُصَوِّتvoter
أَصْوَاتvoices, sounds, votes (as a count)
صَائِتvowel (phonetics term)
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ص-و-ت (ṣ-w-t), which carries the core sense of sound or voice. The base noun صَوْت means voice or sound. The Form II pattern فَعَّلَ turns this into a causative or applicative action, so صَوَّت means to produce a voice on something, which in practice settled into the standard modern meaning of casting a vote.
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