صواب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص و ب (ṣ-w-b), see also صَوَّبَ (ṣawwaba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤa.waːb/

Noun

صَوَاب • (ṣawāb) m

  1. correctness, right
    Antonym: خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ)
  2. accuracy, rightness, truth
    • 1946, Ahmed Shawqi, سلو قلبي [Ask my heart]:
      سَلُوا قَلْبِي غَدَاةَ سَلَا وَثَابَا
      لَعَلَّ عَلَى ٱلْجَمَالِ لَهُ عِتَابًا
      وَيُسْأَلُ فِي ٱلْحَوَادِثِ ذُو صَوَابٍ
      فَهَلْ تَرَكَ ٱلْجَمَالُ لَهُ صَوَابًا
      salū qalbī ḡadāta salā waṯābā
      laʕalla ʕalā l-jamāli lahu ʕitāban
      wayusʔalu fī l-ḥawādiṯi ḏū ṣawābin
      fahal taraka l-jamālu lahu ṣawāban
      Ask my heart the early morning it forgets and returns to its previous state
      Perhaps towards the beautiful one it has some reproach
      Only wise people are supposed to be asked
      Did the beauty leave any wisdom to it
  3. reason, consciousness, sanity

Declension

Adjective

صَوَاب • (ṣawāb)

  1. right, correct
    Antonym: خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ)
  2. just

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صواب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “صواب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Arts, Tressy (2014) Oxford Arabic Dictionary, 2014 edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  • Solotareff, Gregoire (2014) “صواب”, in Langenscheidt Universal-Wörterbuch Arabisch, 2014 edition, München: Langenscheidt, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَوَاب (ṣawāb, correctness).

Noun

صواب • (savab)

  1. correctness, the right or correct thing to do
    Antonym: خطا (hata)

Descendants

  • Turkish: savab

Further reading

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