سِوًى
1.
See سَوَاءٌ.
2.
Also, and likewise
سُوًى, (Akh, S, Msb, Mughnee, K,) and
سَوَاءٌ, (Akh, S, M, Mughnee, K,) and
سِوَاءٌ, (Mughnee,) i. q.
مَكَانٌ, (Mughnee,) or غَيْرٌ, (Akh, S, M, Msb, Mughnee, K,) according to different authorities: each used as an epithet, and as denoting exception, like غَيْر; according to Ez-Zejjájee and Ibn-Málik, used in the same sense and manner as غَيْر: but according to Sb and the generality of authorities, an adv. n. of place, always in the accusative case, except in instances of necessity: (Mughnee:) one says, عِنْدِى رَجُلٌ سِوَى زَيْدٍ, meaning بَدَلَ زَيْدٍ and مَكَانَ زَيْدٍ [i. e. I have with me a man instead of Zeyd and in the place of Zeyd]: (Ham p. 570, and TA: *) [but] one says [also] مَرَرْتُ بِرَجُلٍ سِوَاكَ and
سُوَاكَ and
سَوَايءِكَ, meaning غَيْرِكَ [i. e. I passed by a man other than thee]: (S:) and
جَاءَنِى سَوَاوءُكَ [and سِوَاك &c. Other than thou came to me], using it as an agent; and
رَأَيْتُ سَوَاءَكَ [and سِوَاكَ &c. I saw other than thee], using it as an objective complement: and
مَا جَاءَنِى أَحَدٌ سَوَاءَكَ [and سِوَاكَ &c. None except thou came to me]: and مَا جَاءَنِى أَحَدٌ
سَوَاوءُكَ [and سِوَاكَ &c. None other than thou came to me]: (Mughnee:) and قَصَدْتُ القَوْمَ سِوَى
زَيْدٍ, meaning غَيْرَ زَيْدٍ [i. e. I betook myself to, or towards, the people, or party, others than Zeyd, which is virtually the same as except Zeyd]: (Msb:) and لَيءِنْ فَعَلْتَ ذَاكَ وَأَنَا سِوَاكَ لَيَأْتِيَنَّكَ مِنِّى
مَا تَكْرَهُ, meaning [If thou do that] when I am in a land other than thy land, [what thou dislikest, or hatest, shall assuredly come to thee from me.] (Ibn-Buzurj, TA.)
4.
The strangest of the meanings of سِوَى, in this sense with the short alif and with kesr, is قَصْدٌ. (Mughnee.) سِوَى الشَّىْءِ means قَصْدُهُ [i. e. The tendency, or direction, of the thing]. (M.) And one says, قَصَدْتُ سِوَى
فُلَانٍ, meaning قَصَدْتُ قَصْدَهُ [i. e. I tended, or betook myself, in the direction of, or towards, such a one]. (S, K. * [In the CK, and in my MS. copy of the K, سَوَاهُ is erroneously put for سِوَاهُ.]) And hence, (Mughnee,) a poet says, (namely, Keys Ibn-El-Khateem, TA,)
[And I will surely turn towards Hodheyfeh my eulogy]. (S, Mughnee.)وَلَأَصْرِفَنَّ سِوَى حُذَيْفَةَ مِدْحَتِى