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قَوِيّ
strong /qaˈwijj/
adjectiveA1#553 most common
Also: powerful, mighty, potent
Example sentences
هُوَ رَجُلٌ قَوِيٌّ.
He is a strong man.
هَذَا الْحِصَانُ قَوِيٌّ جِدًّا.
This horse is very strong.
قَهْوَتُكَ قَوِيَّةٌ هَذَا الصَّبَاحَ.
Your coffee is strong this morning.
يَحْتَاجُ الْفَرِيقُ إِلَى لَاعِبِينَ أَقْوِيَاءَ لِلْفَوْزِ بِالْبُطُولَةِ.
The team needs strong players to win the championship.
كَانَ اقْتِصَادُ الْبِلَادِ قَوِيًّا قَبْلَ الْأَزْمَةِ.
The country's economy was strong before the crisis.
رَغْمَ ضَعْفِ جَسَدِهِ، ظَلَّتْ إِرَادَتُهُ قَوِيَّةً لَا تَلِينُ.
Despite his frail body, his will stayed strong and would not bend.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قَوِيٌّ | أَقْوِيَاءُ |
| Genitive | قَوِيٍّ | أَقْوِيَاءَ |
| Accusative | قَوِيًّا | أَقْوِيَاءَ |
| Vocative | يَا قَوِيُّ | يَا أَقْوِيَاءُ |
Word family
قُوَّةstrength, power
قَوِيَto become strong
قَوَّىto strengthen, reinforce
أَقْوَىstronger, strongestتَقْوِيَةreinforcement, strengthening
Etymology
قَوِيّ comes from the triliteral root ق و ي (q-w-y), whose core sense is strength and power. The same root yields the verb قَوِيَ, 'to grow strong,' and the noun قُوَّة, 'strength.' The adjective follows the فَعِيل (faʿīl) pattern, the standard shape for describing a fixed quality.
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