سلوى

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sal.waː/

Etymology 1

Root
س ل و (s-l-w)

Compare Hebrew שַׁלְוָה (šalwɔ̂).

Noun

سَلْوَى • (salwā) f

1. joy, happiness, satisfaction

Declension

Declension of noun سَلْوَى (salwā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلْوَى salwā	السَّلْوَى as-salwā	سَلْوَى salwā
Nominative	سَلْوَى salwā	السَّلْوَى as-salwā	سَلْوَى salwā
Accusative	سَلْوَى salwā	السَّلْوَى as-salwā	سَلْوَى salwā
Genitive	سَلْوَى salwā	السَّلْوَى as-salwā	سَلْوَى salwā

Etymology 2

From Aramaic or Classical Syriac ܣܠܘܝ (salway, “quail”).

Noun

سَلْوَى • (salwā) m (collective, singulative سَلْوَاة f (salwāh), plural سَلَاوَى (salāwā))

1. quails
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:57:

     وَظَلَّلۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡغَمَامَ وَأَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلۡوَىٰ ۖ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا رَزَقۡنَـٰكُمۡ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوۤا۟ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ

     waẓallalnā ʕalaykumu l-ḡamāma waʔanzalnā ʕalaykumu l-manna was-salwā kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum wamā ẓalamūnā walākin kānū ʔanfusahum yaẓlimūna

     And We shaded you with clouds and sent down to you manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not - but they were [only] wronging themselves.

Declension

Declension of noun سَلْوَى (salwā)

Collective	collective invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلْوَى salwā	السَّلْوَى as-salwā	سَلْوَى salwā
Nominative	سَلْوَى salwā	السَّلْوَى as-salwā	سَلْوَى salwā
Accusative	سَلْوَى salwā	السَّلْوَى as-salwā	سَلْوَى salwā
Genitive	سَلْوَى salwā	السَّلْوَى as-salwā	سَلْوَى salwā
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلْوَاة salwāt	السَّلْوَاة as-salwāt	سَلْوَاة salwāt
Nominative	سَلْوَاةٌ salwātun	السَّلْوَاةُ as-salwātu	سَلْوَاةُ salwātu
Accusative	سَلْوَاةً salwātan	السَّلْوَاةَ as-salwāta	سَلْوَاةَ salwāta
Genitive	سَلْوَاةٍ salwātin	السَّلْوَاةِ as-salwāti	سَلْوَاةِ salwāti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلْوَاتَيْن salwātayn	السَّلْوَاتَيْن as-salwātayn	سَلْوَاتَيْ salwātay
Nominative	سَلْوَاتَانِ salwātāni	السَّلْوَاتَانِ as-salwātāni	سَلْوَاتَا salwātā
Accusative	سَلْوَاتَيْنِ salwātayni	السَّلْوَاتَيْنِ as-salwātayni	سَلْوَاتَيْ salwātay
Genitive	سَلْوَاتَيْنِ salwātayni	السَّلْوَاتَيْنِ as-salwātayni	سَلْوَاتَيْ salwātay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلْوَيَات salwayāt	السَّلْوَيَات as-salwayāt	سَلْوَيَات salwayāt
Nominative	سَلْوَيَاتٌ salwayātun	السَّلْوَيَاتُ as-salwayātu	سَلْوَيَاتُ salwayātu
Accusative	سَلْوَيَاتٍ salwayātin	السَّلْوَيَاتِ as-salwayāti	سَلْوَيَاتِ salwayāti
Genitive	سَلْوَيَاتٍ salwayātin	السَّلْوَيَاتِ as-salwayāti	سَلْوَيَاتِ salwayāti
Plural of variety	broken plural invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَلَاوَى salāwā	السَّلَاوَى as-salāwā	سَلَاوَى salāwā
Nominative	سَلَاوَى salāwā	السَّلَاوَى as-salāwā	سَلَاوَى salāwā
Accusative	سَلَاوَى salāwā	السَّلَاوَى as-salāwā	سَلَاوَى salāwā
Genitive	سَلَاوَى salāwā	السَّلَاوَى as-salāwā	سَلَاوَى salāwā

Proper noun

سَلْوَى • (salwā) f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of noun سَلْوَى (salwā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	سَلْوَى salwā	—
Nominative	—	سَلْوَى salwā	—
Accusative	—	سَلْوَى salwā	—
Genitive	—	سَلْوَى salwā	—

Proper noun

سَلْوَى • (salwā) f

1. An area in Hawally, Kuwait.

Declension

Declension of noun سَلْوَى (salwā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	سَلْوَى salwā	—
Nominative	—	سَلْوَى salwā	—
Accusative	—	سَلْوَى salwā	—
Genitive	—	سَلْوَى salwā	—

References

• “slw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “slwy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Ahrens, Karl (1930) “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 84, page 25
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[2] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 24
• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 177–178
• Lagarde, Paul de (1889) Übersicht über die im Aramäischen, Arabischen und Hebräischen übliche Bildung der Nomina (Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen; 35)‎^[3] (in German), Göttingen: Dieterichsche Verlags-Buchhandlung, page 190, by means of erroneous reasoning assumed the opposite direction