قوي

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of strength, power, and ability. It extends to notions of sustenance, acquisition, and even thirst or hunger in derived forms. It also encompasses place names and descriptive terms.

Derived headwords

اقتوىverb

1.
to acquireboth
To acquire something by substitution or exchange.
2.
to seek sustenanceclassical
To seek sustenance or to be sustained by something.

واقتوى شيئا بشيء بدله به — and he substituted one thing for another —

قويname

1.
place nameboth
A place name located between Fayd and Nabaj.

وحلت سليمى بطن قو فعرعرا — and Sulayma settled in the valley of Qu and then Ara —

قوname

1.
place nameboth
A place name located between Fayd and Nabaj.

وحلت سليمى بطن قو فعرعرا — and Sulayma settled in the valley of Qu and then Ara —

قاوياتadjective

1.
thirstyclassical
Camels that are thirsty or hungry.

وإبل قاويات: جائعات — and thirsty camels: hungry —

قياname

1.
place nameboth
A village in the land of Salim in the Hijaz, three parasangs from Al-Suwariqiyyah, with bitter water.

وقيا، بكسر وتشديد: قرية من ديار سليم بالحجاز بينها وبين السوارقية ثلاثة فراسخ، ماؤها أجاج؛ قاله نصر — and Qiya, with kasra and shadda: a village from the lands of Salim in the Hijaz, three parasangs between it and Al-Suwariqiyyah, its water is bitter; Nasr said so. —

وقايname

1.
place nameboth
A village in Egypt from the Bahnasawi district.

وقاي: قرية بمصر من البهنساوية. — Waqay: a village in Egypt from the Bahnasawi district. —

تقاووهverb

1.
to drink deeplyclassical
To drink deeply from a full bucket, consuming its water.

قد تقاووه — they have drunk deeply from it —

تقاويverb

1.
to drink deeplyclassical
To drink deeply from a full bucket, consuming its water.

وتقاوينا الدلو — and we drank deeply from the bucket —

قاويةnoun

1.
bondclassical
A bond or allegiance between two people that cannot be revoked.

انقطع قوي من قاوية — a strong bond was broken from an allegiance —

قويadjective

1.
baseclassical
Describing someone as base or ignoble.

ويقولون للدنيء: قوي من قاوية — and they say of the base person: base from an allegiance —

مقتويناverb

1.
to seek to acquireclassical
To seek to acquire or buy someone, implying a transaction or subjugation.

متى كنا لأمك مقتوينا — when did your mother seek to acquire us? —

Parallel reading

متى كنا لأمك مقتوينا

When did your mother seek to acquire us?

أي متى اقتوتنا أمك فاشترتنا

Meaning, when did your mother seek to acquire us and buy us?

يقولون للسقاة إذا كرعوا في دلو ملآن ماء فشربوا ماءه قد تقاووه

They say of the water carriers when they drink deeply from a full bucket of water and drink its water, they have drunk deeply from it.

وتقاوينا الدلو تقاويا

And we drank deeply from the bucket, a deep drinking.

انقطع قوي من قاوية إذا انقطع ما بين الرجلين أو وجبت بيعة لا تستقال

A strong bond is broken from an allegiance if the tie between two men is severed or an unrevocable pledge is made.

ومثله: انقضت قابية من قوب

And similar to it: a bond was broken from a pact.

ويقولون للدنيء: قوي من قاوية

And they say of the base person: base from an allegiance.

وقو: موضع بين فيد والنباج

And Qu: a place between Fayd and Nabaj.

سمالك شوق بعدما كان أقصرا وحلت سليمى بطن قو فعرعرا

Do you have longing after you had shortened, and Sulayma settled in the valley of Qu and then Ara.

وإبل قاويات: جائعات

And thirsty camels: hungry.

وقيا، بكسر وتشديد: قرية من ديار سليم بالحجاز بينها وبين السوارقية ثلاثة فراسخ، ماؤها أجاج؛ قاله نصر

And Qiya, with kasra and shadda: a village from the lands of Salim in the Hijaz, three parasangs between it and Al-Suwariqiyyah, its water is bitter; Nasr said so.

وقاي: قرية بمصر من البهنساوية

Waqay: a village in Egypt from the Bahnasawi district.

واقتوى شيئا بشيء بدله به

And he substituted one thing for another.