سواد

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سواد

  • /sa.waːd/

noun سَوَاد · sawād · أَسْوِدَة · أَسَاوِد · السَّوَاد

  1. uncountable blackness, black
  2. countable, uncountable an indistinct or unrecognizable figure; a shape; a silhouette; the shadow of a thing or an animal رَأَيْتُ سَوَادًا مِنْ بَعِيدٍ
  3. uncountable multitude (of people) سَوَادُ النَّاس
  4. countable, rare the body of a human or an animal
  5. uncountable the backwoods; the countryside

    Similar: رِيف, كَفْر

proper noun سَوَاد · sawād

  1. archaic, historical Sawad, a fertile region in southern Iraq

In English

  • silhouette artistic depiction in the form of an outline without any other visual details
  • blackness state or quality of being black

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {سواد},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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