قوة

Arabic

Root
ق و و (q-w-w)

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)
→ Ottoman Turkish: قوت, قوه (kuvva)
- Turkish: kut
→ Persian: قوت
- → 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, 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)

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