قوة

Arabic

Root
ق و و (q w w)
2 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /quw.wa/
Audio: (file)

Noun

قُوَّة • (quwwa) f (plural قُوًى (quwan) or قُوَّات (quwwāt))

verbal noun of قَوِيَ (qawiya) (form I)
power, strength, might, force
intensity, severity
authority, power, clout

Declension

Declension of noun **قُوَّة** (quwwa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُوَّة quwwa	الْقُوَّة al-quwwa	قُوَّة quwwat
nominative	قُوَّةٌ quwwatun	الْقُوَّةُ al-quwwatu	قُوَّةُ quwwatu
accusative	قُوَّةً quwwatan	الْقُوَّةَ al-quwwata	قُوَّةَ quwwata
genitive	قُوَّةٍ quwwatin	الْقُوَّةِ al-quwwati	قُوَّةِ quwwati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُوَّتَيْن quwwatayn	الْقُوَّتَيْن al-quwwatayn	قُوَّتَيْ quwwatay
nominative	قُوَّتَانِ quwwatāni	الْقُوَّتَانِ al-quwwatāni	قُوَّتَا quwwatā
accusative	قُوَّتَيْنِ quwwatayni	الْقُوَّتَيْنِ al-quwwatayni	قُوَّتَيْ quwwatay
genitive	قُوَّتَيْنِ quwwatayni	الْقُوَّتَيْنِ al-quwwatayni	قُوَّتَيْ quwwatay
plural	broken plural in ـًى (-an)‎; sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُوَى‎; قُوَّات quwā‎; quwwāt	الْقُوَى‎; الْقُوَّات al-quwā‎; al-quwwāt	قُوَى‎; قُوَّات quwā‎; quwwāt
nominative	قُوًى‎; قُوَّاتٌ quwan‎; quwwātun	الْقُوَى‎; الْقُوَّاتُ al-quwā‎; al-quwwātu	قُوَى‎; قُوَّاتُ quwā‎; quwwātu
accusative	قُوًى‎; قُوَّاتٍ quwan‎; quwwātin	الْقُوَى‎; الْقُوَّاتِ al-quwā‎; al-quwwāti	قُوَى‎; قُوَّاتِ quwā‎; quwwāti
genitive	قُوًى‎; قُوَّاتٍ quwan‎; quwwātin	الْقُوَى‎; الْقُوَّاتِ al-quwā‎; al-quwwāti	قُوَى‎; قُوَّاتِ quwā‎; quwwāti

Derived terms

لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّٰهِ (lā ḥawla walā quwwata ʔillā bi-l-lāhi)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: qüvvə, qüvvət
→ Bashkir: ҡеүәт (qewət)
→ Indonesian: kuat
→ Kazakh: қуат (quat)
→ Kyrgyz: кубат (kubat)
→ Ottoman Turkish: قوت, قوه (kuvva)
- Turkish: kut
→ Classical Persian: قُوَّت (quwwat), قُوَّه (quwwa) (archaic)
- → Gujarati: કુવ્વત (kuvvat), કૌવત (kauvat)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: क़ुव्वत (quvvat)
  Urdu: قوت (quvvat)
- → Marathi: कुवत (kuvat)
- → Punjabi:
  Shahmukhi script: قُوَّت (quvvat)
- → Sindhi: قوت
→ Tatar: куәт (quwät)
→ Turkmen: kuwwat
→ Uyghur: قۇۋۋەت (quwwet)
→ Uzbek: quvvat

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قوة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق و و
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic قُوَّة (quwwa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡuw.wa/

Noun

قوة • (guwwa) f (plural قُوَّات (guwwāt))

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق و و
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic قُوَّة (quwwa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔuw.we/, [ˈʔuw.we]
IPA^(key): /ʔuw.wa/, [ˈʔuw.wa]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

قوّة • (ʔuwwe) f (plural قوّات (ʔuwwāt))

power, strength, might, force
Synonym: طاقة (ṭāqa)