"صواع" meaning in Arabic

See صواع in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sˤu.waːʕ/, /sˤi.waːʕ/
Etymology: From Ge'ez ጽዋዕ (ṣəwwāʿ), related to the Arabic cubic measure صَاع (ṣāʕ). Etymology templates: {{bor|ar|gez|ጽዋዕ|tr=ṣəwwāʿ}} Ge'ez ጽዋዕ (ṣəwwāʿ), {{doublet|ar|صَاع|notext=1}} صَاع (ṣāʕ) Head templates: {{ar-noun|صُوَاع|m|head2=صِوَاع}} صُوَاع or صِوَاع • (ṣuwāʕ or ṣiwāʕ) m Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|صُوَاع|head2=صِوَاع}} Forms: صُوَاع [canonical], صِوَاع [canonical], ṣuwāʕ [romanization], ṣiwāʕ [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], صُوَاع [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], صِوَاع [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], الصُّوَاع [definite, informal, singular, triptote], الصِّوَاع [definite, informal, singular, triptote], صُوَاع [construct, informal, singular, triptote], صِوَاع [construct, informal, singular, triptote], صُوَاعٌ [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], صِوَاعٌ [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], الصُّوَاعُ [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], الصِّوَاعُ [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], صُوَاعُ [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], صِوَاعُ [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], صُوَاعًا [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], صِوَاعًا [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], الصُّوَاعَ [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], الصِّوَاعَ [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], صُوَاعَ [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], صِوَاعَ [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], صُوَاعٍ [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], صِوَاعٍ [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], الصُّوَاعِ [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], الصِّوَاعِ [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], صُوَاعِ [construct, genitive, singular, triptote], صِوَاعِ [construct, genitive, singular, triptote]
  1. (hapax legomenon) cup, goblet, stoop
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          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:72:",
          "roman": "qālū nafqidu ṣuwāʕa l-maliki wa-li-man jāʔa bi-hī ḥimlu baʕīrin waʔanā bi-hī zaʕīmun",
          "text": "قَالُوا نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ الْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَاءَ بِهِ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا بِهِ زَعِيمٌ",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cup, goblet, stoop"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cup",
          "cup"
        ],
        [
          "goblet",
          "goblet"
        ],
        [
          "stoop",
          "stoop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(hapax legomenon) cup, goblet, stoop"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sˤu.waːʕ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sˤi.waːʕ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "صواع"
}

Download raw JSONL data for صواع meaning in Arabic (5.6kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: hapax legomenon",
  "path": [
    "صواع"
  ],
  "section": "Arabic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "صواع",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: hapax legomenon",
  "path": [
    "صواع"
  ],
  "section": "Arabic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "صواع",
  "trace": ""
}

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