قَوِىَ
Root: قوى
Form: 1
Full Definition
قَوِىَI
and
تَقَوَّى and
He became strong: vigorous, robust, or sturdy; like اِشْتَدَّ, or the last signifies he became excellent in strength.
2 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.
3 See 4.
4 قَوِىَ is [said to be] originally قَوِوَ, because it is from القُوَّةُ: but Lth holds قُوَّةٌ to be [anomalous,] originally قُويَةٌ. 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 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.
3 See 4.
4 قَوِىَ is [said to be] originally قَوِوَ, because it is from القُوَّةُ: but Lth holds قُوَّةٌ to be [anomalous,] originally قُويَةٌ. 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.
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