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قوي

قوي

See also: قوی, قوى, and ق و ي

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈqɑwɪjæ/

Verb

قَوِيَ (qawiya) I, non-past يَقْوَى‎ (yaqwā)

  1. to be or become strong, powerful
  2. to be able to do something (about); to have influence (over); to be able to cope (with); to be superior (to) (construed with عَلَى (ʿalā))
Conjugation
Antonyms

Verb

قَوِيَ (qawiya) I, non-past يَقْوَى‎ (yaqwā)

  1. to be depopulated
Conjugation

Verb

قَوِيَ (qawiya) I, non-past يَقْوَى‎ (yaqwā)

  1. to starve
  2. (of rain) to be withheld
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Adjective

قَوِيّ (qawiyy) (feminine قَوِيَّة (qawiyya), masculine plural أَقْوِيَاء (ʾaqwiyāʾ), elative أَقْوَى (ʾaqwā))

  1. strong, powerful, mighty
  2. potent
  3. intense, violent
  4. firm, solid
  5. sturdy, robust
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Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From root ق و ي (q-w-y)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈʔæwi/

Adverb

قوي (qawi)

  1. very
    أنا تعبان قويana taʿbān qawi ― I'm very tired