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Arabic root

ق-و-ي

Qaf-Waw-Ya

2 words from this root family

About this root

Qaf-Waw-Ya (ق-و-ي) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: qawī (strong / powerful), quwwa (strength / power / force).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 42 times in 39 verses, across 25 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:63. The form قُوَّة (strength / power / force) accounts for 30 of them.

Themes: Adjectives, Physical, Abstract Concepts

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
قَوِيّ
qawī
strong / powerfuladjective, A111×Adjectives - Speed, Temperature & Quantity
قُوَّة
quwwa
strength / power / forcenoun, B130×Emotions & Feelings

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

And (remember, O Children of Israel) when We made a covenant with you and caused the mount to tower above you, (saying): Hold fast that which We have given you, and remember that which is therein, that ye may ward off (evil).

Quran 2:63
كَدَأْبِ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ ۙ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَوِىٌّ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

(Their way is) as the way of Pharaoh's folk and those before them; they disbelieved the revelations of Allah, and Allah took them in their sins. Lo! Allah is Strong, severe in punishment.

Quran 8:52
نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَـٰهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَمَتَـٰعًا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ

We, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the dwellers in the wilderness.

Quran 56:73

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1adjective
قَوِيّ
qawī

strong / powerful

Example
هُوَ رَجُلٌ قَوِيّ
huwa rajulun qawī
He is a strong man
Grammar

Feminine form: qawiyya (قَوِيَّة). Opposite of ḍaʿīf (ضَعيف).

B1noun
قُوَّة
quwwa

strength / power / force

Example
المَعرِفَةُ قُوَّة.
al-maʿrifatu quwwa.
Knowledge is power.

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