Arabic

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Etymology

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Relative adjective (nisba) composed of السُّوَيْد (as-suwayd, Sweden) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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سُوَيْدِيّ (suwaydiyy) (feminine سُوَيْدِيَّة (suwaydiyya), masculine plural سُوَيْدِيُّونَ (suwaydiyyūna), feminine plural سُوَيْدِيَّات (suwaydiyyāt))

  1. Swedish

Declension

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سويد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN