صوان

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ص و ن (ṣ-w-n)

Noun

صِوَان or صُوَان • (ṣiwān or ṣuwān) m (plural أَصْوِنَة (ʔaṣwina))

1. chest, cupboard, cabinet, drawer (any larger receptacle to store things)
2. (computing) buffer

Declension

Declension of noun صِوَان (ṣiwān)‎; صُوَان (ṣuwān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِوَان‎; صُوَان ṣiwān‎; ṣuwān	الصِّوَان‎; الصُّوَان aṣ-ṣiwān‎; aṣ-ṣuwān	صِوَان‎; صُوَان ṣiwān‎; ṣuwān
Nominative	صِوَانٌ‎; صُوَانٌ ṣiwānun‎; ṣuwānun	الصِّوَانُ‎; الصُّوَانُ aṣ-ṣiwānu‎; aṣ-ṣuwānu	صِوَانُ‎; صُوَانُ ṣiwānu‎; ṣuwānu
Accusative	صِوَانًا‎; صُوَانًا ṣiwānan‎; ṣuwānan	الصِّوَانَ‎; الصُّوَانَ aṣ-ṣiwāna‎; aṣ-ṣuwāna	صِوَانَ‎; صُوَانَ ṣiwāna‎; ṣuwāna
Genitive	صِوَانٍ‎; صُوَانٍ ṣiwānin‎; ṣuwānin	الصِّوَانِ‎; الصُّوَانِ aṣ-ṣiwāni‎; aṣ-ṣuwāni	صِوَانِ‎; صُوَانِ ṣiwāni‎; ṣuwāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِوَانَيْن‎; صُوَانَيْن ṣiwānayn‎; ṣuwānayn	الصِّوَانَيْن‎; الصُّوَانَيْن aṣ-ṣiwānayn‎; aṣ-ṣuwānayn	صِوَانَيْ‎; صُوَانَيْ ṣiwānay‎; ṣuwānay
Nominative	صِوَانَانِ‎; صُوَانَانِ ṣiwānāni‎; ṣuwānāni	الصِّوَانَانِ‎; الصُّوَانَانِ aṣ-ṣiwānāni‎; aṣ-ṣuwānāni	صِوَانَا‎; صُوَانَا ṣiwānā‎; ṣuwānā
Accusative	صِوَانَيْنِ‎; صُوَانَيْنِ ṣiwānayni‎; ṣuwānayni	الصِّوَانَيْنِ‎; الصُّوَانَيْنِ aṣ-ṣiwānayni‎; aṣ-ṣuwānayni	صِوَانَيْ‎; صُوَانَيْ ṣiwānay‎; ṣuwānay
Genitive	صِوَانَيْنِ‎; صُوَانَيْنِ ṣiwānayni‎; ṣuwānayni	الصِّوَانَيْنِ‎; الصُّوَانَيْنِ aṣ-ṣiwānayni‎; aṣ-ṣuwānayni	صِوَانَيْ‎; صُوَانَيْ ṣiwānay‎; ṣuwānay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَصْوِنَة ʔaṣwina	الْأَصْوِنَة al-ʔaṣwina	أَصْوِنَة ʔaṣwinat
Nominative	أَصْوِنَةٌ ʔaṣwinatun	الْأَصْوِنَةُ al-ʔaṣwinatu	أَصْوِنَةُ ʔaṣwinatu
Accusative	أَصْوِنَةً ʔaṣwinatan	الْأَصْوِنَةَ al-ʔaṣwinata	أَصْوِنَةَ ʔaṣwinata
Genitive	أَصْوِنَةٍ ʔaṣwinatin	الْأَصْوِنَةِ al-ʔaṣwinati	أَصْوِنَةِ ʔaṣwinati

Etymology 2

From the giant quarries of أُمّ الْصَوَّان (ʔumm al-ṣawwān) near أَسْوَان (ʔaswān), from Coptic ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan), from Egyptian swnw,

Noun

صَوَّان • (ṣawwān) m (collective, singulative صَوَّانَة f (ṣawwāna))

1. granite
2. flint

Declension

Declension of noun صَوَّان (ṣawwān)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوَّان ṣawwān	الصَّوَّان aṣ-ṣawwān	صَوَّان ṣawwān
Nominative	صَوَّانٌ ṣawwānun	الصَّوَّانُ aṣ-ṣawwānu	صَوَّانُ ṣawwānu
Accusative	صَوَّانًا ṣawwānan	الصَّوَّانَ aṣ-ṣawwāna	صَوَّانَ ṣawwāna
Genitive	صَوَّانٍ ṣawwānin	الصَّوَّانِ aṣ-ṣawwāni	صَوَّانِ ṣawwāni
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوَّانَة ṣawwāna	الصَّوَّانَة aṣ-ṣawwāna	صَوَّانَة ṣawwānat
Nominative	صَوَّانَةٌ ṣawwānatun	الصَّوَّانَةُ aṣ-ṣawwānatu	صَوَّانَةُ ṣawwānatu
Accusative	صَوَّانَةً ṣawwānatan	الصَّوَّانَةَ aṣ-ṣawwānata	صَوَّانَةَ ṣawwānata
Genitive	صَوَّانَةٍ ṣawwānatin	الصَّوَّانَةِ aṣ-ṣawwānati	صَوَّانَةِ ṣawwānati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوَّانَتَيْن ṣawwānatayn	الصَّوَّانَتَيْن aṣ-ṣawwānatayn	صَوَّانَتَيْ ṣawwānatay
Nominative	صَوَّانَتَانِ ṣawwānatāni	الصَّوَّانَتَانِ aṣ-ṣawwānatāni	صَوَّانَتَا ṣawwānatā
Accusative	صَوَّانَتَيْنِ ṣawwānatayni	الصَّوَّانَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣawwānatayni	صَوَّانَتَيْ ṣawwānatay
Genitive	صَوَّانَتَيْنِ ṣawwānatayni	الصَّوَّانَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣawwānatayni	صَوَّانَتَيْ ṣawwānatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوَّانَات ṣawwānāt	الصَّوَّانَات aṣ-ṣawwānāt	صَوَّانَات ṣawwānāt
Nominative	صَوَّانَاتٌ ṣawwānātun	الصَّوَّانَاتُ aṣ-ṣawwānātu	صَوَّانَاتُ ṣawwānātu
Accusative	صَوَّانَاتٍ ṣawwānātin	الصَّوَّانَاتِ aṣ-ṣawwānāti	صَوَّانَاتِ ṣawwānāti
Genitive	صَوَّانَاتٍ ṣawwānātin	الصَّوَّانَاتِ aṣ-ṣawwānāti	صَوَّانَاتِ ṣawwānāti

Further reading

• Aston, Barbara G., Harrell, James A., Shaw, Ian (2000) “2. Stone”, in Paul T. Nicholson, Ian Shaw, editors, Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 5 seqq.
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “صوان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 855
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “صوان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1750–1751
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صوان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 736