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قَوَامٌ

Root: قوم

Full Definition

قَوَامٌ Stature, and goodly stature, or tallness, of a man: symmetry, or justness of proportion.
2 قِوَامُ الأَمْرِ and قِيَامُهُ and قَوَامُهُ The stay, or support, of the thing, or affair, whereby it subsists, and is managed and ordered. And قِوَامٌ The food that is a man's support; [his subsistence.]
3 قِوَامٌ [The main stay of a thing.]
4 لَا قِوَامَ لَهُ بِهِ [He has not power to withstand him. (K, art. نجز.)
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