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Arabic dictionary

Dictionary Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary (1889)

Entry قوي

قَوِيَ(n. ac. قُوَّة [] ) a. Was, became strong, robust; was, became powerful mighty. b. ['Ala], Was strong enough for, able to do. c. [Bi], Was the match of, able to cope with. d.(n. ac. قَوًى [قَوَي]), Was hungry, famished. e. Was withheld (rain). f.(n. ac. قِيّ [قِوْي] قِوَايَة [] ) a. Was empty, deserted. قَوَّيَa. Strengthened; encouraged, cheered on; invigorated; reinforced, fortified. قَاْوَيَa. Struggled, coped with; wrestled with. b. Gave. أَقْوَيَa. see (قَوِيَ) (f). b. Was powerful, rich. c. Was poor, wretched. d. Was wellmounted, rode a strong animal. e. Lived in a desert. f. Composed in different rhymes (poem). تَقَوَّيَa. see (قَوِيَ) (a). b. [Bi & 'Ala], Secured himself against. تَقَاْوَيَa. Bid against each other. b. Passed the night fasting. إِقْتَوَيَ ( قَوِيَ) (a. a ) & VI (b). c. Appropriated, claimed. d. ['Ala], Reproached. إِسْتَقْوَيَa. see (قَوِيَ) (a). قِيّa. see 23 قُوَّة [] ( pl. reg. & قُِوًى [قِوَي]) a. Strength, force, power, might. b. Faculty. c. (pl. قُوَي), Strand, plait. قَوًىa. Hunger. b. see 23 قَوٍa. Twisted, plaited (cord). أَقْوًى [] a. Stronger; richer. قَاوٍa. Seizing. b. Empty. c. see 21t (c) قَاوِيَة [] a. fem. of قَاْوِيb. Egg. c. Dry (year). قَوَآء [] a. see 4 (a) & 23 قَوَايَة [] a. see 3t (a) & 23 قِوَآء [] a. Desert. قَوِيّ [] (pl. أَقْوِيَآء [] ) a. Strong, sturdy, robust, vigorous. b. Mighty, powerful; influential. أَقْوَآء [] a. see N. Ac. IV مُقَوٍّ [ N. Ag. a. II], Strengthening; fortifying. b. Comfortable. تَقْوِيَة [ N. Ac. a. II], Reinforcement, succour. b. Corroboration, confirmation. c. [ coll. ], Subsidy of corn. مُقْوٍ [ N. Ag. a. IV], Strong. b. Wellmounted. c. see 21 (b) إِقْوَآء [ N. Ac. a. IV], Variety of rhymes. بَاتَ القَوَى بَاتَ القَوَآء a. He passed the night fasting.