سوداء

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saw.daːʔ/

Adjective

سَوْدَاء • (sawdāʔ) f

1. feminine singular of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad, “black”)

Noun

سَوْدَاء • (sawdāʔ) f

1. black bile, as one of the four liquids of ancient humor medical theory
2. by extension, melancholy, sadness, gloom

Declension

Declension of noun سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَوْدَاء sawdāʔ	السَّوْدَاء as-sawdāʔ	سَوْدَاء sawdāʔ
Nominative	سَوْدَاءُ sawdāʔu	السَّوْدَاءُ as-sawdāʔu	سَوْدَاءُ sawdāʔu
Accusative	سَوْدَاءَ sawdāʔa	السَّوْدَاءَ as-sawdāʔa	سَوْدَاءَ sawdāʔa
Genitive	سَوْدَاءَ sawdāʔa	السَّوْدَاءِ as-sawdāʔi	سَوْدَاءِ sawdāʔi

Derived terms

• سَوْدَاوِيّ (sawdāwiyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: sövda
• → Chagatai: سودا
  • Uyghur: سەۋدا (sewda)
  • Uzbek: savdo
• → Old Georgian: სევდაჲ (sevday)
  • Georgian: სევდა (sevda)
• → Ottoman Turkish: سودا (sevda)
  • Turkish: sevda
  • → Albanian: sevda
  • → Bulgarian: севда (sevda)
  • → Greek: σεβντάς (sevntás)
  • → Laz: სევდა (sevda), სევდალი (sevdali)
  • → Macedonian: севда (sevda)
  • → Romanian: sevda
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: севдах
    • Latin script: sevdah
• → Persian: سودا (sowdâ)
• >? Portuguese: saudade (possible influence)
• → Swahili: soda
• → Urdu: سودا (sodā)