سواءwhether

Example sentences

• فإن اسم الفاعل هو من قام به الفعل سواء فعله هو أو غيره

  For an active participle is one by whom the action is carried out, whether he performed it himself or someone else did.

  سَوَاءٌ — whether. A noun meaning 'equal / alike', used here as 'whether... or...', introducing two indifferent alternatives. It tells the reader the definition holds in both cases that follow, balanced by 'or' later.

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