قو
ى
1 قَوِىَ and ↓ تَقَوَّى (
S,
K) and ↓ اِقْتَوَى (
K) He became strong: (
S,
K:) vigorous, robust, or sturdy; like اِشْتَدَّ, or the last signifies he became excellent in strength. (
TA.)
b2: قَوِىَ عَلَيْهِ He had strength, or power, sufficient for it; or he had strength, or power, to endure it; he prevailed against it; namely, travel, adversity, &c. And He or it, prevailed over him, or it.
b3: See 4.
b4: قَوِىَ is [said to be] originally قَوِوَ, because it is from القُوَّةُ: (
I'Ak, p. 368:) but
Lth holds قُوَّةٌ to be [
anomalous,] originally قُويَةٌ. (
TA.) I prefer the former opinion, and think it should be mentioned in art. قو, or I would rather head this art. قو or قوى, like غو or غوى.
ISd holds قُوَّةٌ to be from قوو, like ثُوَّةٌ,
q. v. from ثوو.
2 قَوَّاهُ : see شَدَّهُ.
b2: قَوَّانِى عَلَيْهِ: see 2 in art. طوق.
3 قَاوَاهُ He vied with him, strove to surpass him, or contended with him for superiority, (
S,
K,) in strength: (
TA:)
i. q. شَادَّهُ. (
A,
L in art. شد.) 4 أَقْوَتِ الدَّارُ The house became empty, vacant, or unoccupied; (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K;) as also ↓ قَوِيَت. (
S,
K.) 5 تَقَوَّى He strengthened himself; made himself, or constrained himself to be, strong; affected, or endeavoured to acquire, strength. See 1.
b2: تَقَوَّى مِنَ الشَّىْءِ بِقَوْمِهِ: see تَمَنَّعَ.
8 إِقْتَوَىَ see 1.
فُوَّةٌ 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.
بِتُّ قَوِيًا , and قَاوِيًا, and مُقْوِيًا: see غَوًى and غَوِىٌّ in art. غو.
