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قَوِيَ A ( n. ac. قُوَّة [ 3t ] ),
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 4 ]), Was hungry, famished.
e. Was withheld ( rain ).
f. ( n. ac. قِيّ [ قِوْي 2 ],
قِوَايَة [ 23t ] ),
a. Was empty, deserted.
قَوَّيَ II ,
a. Strengthened; encouraged, cheered on; invigorated; reinforced, fortified.
قَاْوَيَ III ,
a. Struggled, coped with; wrestled with.
b. Gave.
أَقْوَيَ IV ,
a. 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 ).
تَقَوَّيَ V ,
a. see ( قَوِيَ ) ( a ).
b. [ Bi & 'Ala ], Secured himself against.
تَقَاْوَيَ VI ,
a. Bid against each other.
b. Passed the night fasting.
إِِقْتَوَيَ VIII , ( قَوِيَ ) (
a. a ) & VI ( b ).
c. Appropriated, claimed.
d. [ 'Ala ], Reproached.
إِِسْتَقْوَيَ X ,
a. see ( قَوِيَ ) ( a ).
قِيّ [ 2I ],
a. see 23 .
قُوَّة [ 3t ] , ( pl. reg. & قُِوًى [ قِوَي 7 , 9 ]),
a. Strength, force, power, might.
b. Faculty.
c. ( pl. قُوَي 9 ), Strand, plait.
قَوًى [ 4 ],
a. Hunger.
b. see 23 .
قَوٍ [ 5 ],
a. Twisted, plaited ( cord ).
أَقْوًى [ 14 ],
a. Stronger; richer.
قَاوٍ [ 21 ],
a. Seizing.
b. Empty.
c. see 21t (c) .
قَاوِيَة [ 21t ],
a. fem. of قَاْوِي 21 .
b. Egg.
c. Dry ( year ).
قَوَآء [ 22A ],
a. see 4 (a) & 23 .
قَوَايَة [ 22t ],
a. see 3t (a) & 23 .
قِوَآء [ 23 ],
a. Desert.
قَوِيّ [ 25 ] , ( pl. أَقْوِيَآء [ 68 ] ),
a. Strong, sturdy, robust, vigorous.
b. Mighty, powerful; influential.
أَقْوَآء [ 38 ],
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) .
إِِقْوَآء [ N. Ac.
a. IV], Variety of rhymes.
بَاتَ القَوَى بَاتَ القَوَآء
a. He passed the night fasting.

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