قوى

فُوَّةٌ ذ Strength, power, potency, might, or force; contr. of ضَعْفٌ; (S, K;) in body, and in intellect: (TA:) vigour, robustness, or sturdiness; like شِدَّة. ― -b2- قُوَّةٌ A strand; i. e., a single twist of a rope; a yarn; a distinct, and separately twisted, portion, of two or more which, being twisted together, compose the whole, of a rope, and of a string, or thread. See also ثِنْىٌ. ― -b3- A faculty. Ex. السَّمْعُ قُوَّةٌ فِى الاُذُنِ بِهَا تُدْرِكُ الأَصْوَاتَ [السمع is a faculty in the ear by which it perceives sounds ]. (TA in art. سمع.) ― -b4- بِالقُوَّةِ Potentially, or virtually; as opposed to بِالفِعْلِ, i. e. actually. ― -b5- قُوَّةُ لَفْظٍ: see لَيْتَ.