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أَقْوَى
stronger, strongest /ˈʔaq.waː/
nounA2#1211 most common
Also: more powerful, mightier, the strongest one
Example sentences
هُوَ أَقْوَى مِنِّي.
He is stronger than me.
أَنَا أَقْوَى مِنْ أَخِي.
I am stronger than my brother.
الأَسَدُ أَقْوَى مِنَ الكَلْبِ.
The lion is stronger than the dog.
هَذَا الفَرِيقُ هُوَ أَقْوَى فَرِيقٍ فِي الدَّوْرِيِّ.
This team is the strongest team in the league.
كُلَّمَا تَدَرَّبْتَ أَكْثَرَ، أَصْبَحْتَ أَقْوَى.
The more you train, the stronger you become.
إِنَّ الإِرَادَةَ القَوِيَّةَ أَقْوَى مِنْ أَيِّ عَائِقٍ يَقِفُ فِي طَرِيقِكَ.
A strong will is stronger than any obstacle standing in your way.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَقْوَى | الأَقْوَوْنَ |
| Genitive | أَقْوَى | الأَقْوَيْنَ |
| Accusative | أَقْوَى | الأَقْوَيْنَ |
| Vocative | يَا أَقْوَى | يَا أَقْوَوْنَ |
Word family
قَوِيّstrong
قُوّةstrength, power
قَوَّىto strengthen
تَقْوِيَةstrengthening, reinforcement
اِسْتَقْوَىto grow strong, to draw strength
Etymology
أَقْوَى is the elative form of the adjective قَوِيّ, meaning strong. It is built from the triliteral root ق-و-ي, which carries the sense of strength and power. The pattern أَفْعَل turns a quality into a comparison, giving stronger or strongest. The same root yields the noun قُوّة, meaning strength.
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